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Lis
Lis asked in Computers & InternetHardwareLaptops & Notebooks · 1 decade ago

Looking to buy laptop, need help..?

I've found an HP laptop on a student discount that seems to be exactly what I need, although the ad says "Optional external DVD drive (no internal optical drive)". Does this mean that you can't watch DVD's through the disk drive? Also what would be the major differences between the windows 7 starter and windows 7 home premium/ student editions? I only use computers for school and very little other than that, so I just want to know what is worth paying extra for. Thanks, any answers would be helpful!

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  • B-rent
    1 decade ago

    "optional external dvd drive" probably means the dvd drive is a separate piece of hardware and hooks up to your computer through a USB port. this method is not nearly as fast as an internal drive.

    Windows 7 has some limitations (see source)

    Source(s): http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/w...
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