onionmon

Here's the predicament. I have laptop and want

Digital camera
External Hard drive
CD-RW/R + DVD combo drive.

But i can only get one of these for now. Whcih one should i get first?

I have almost no more space on my internal harddrive cuz of music and movies, so I should get a harddrive to store more movies and music. BUT, then i don't have a dig camera or a cd drive to play starcraft .

If i get a dig camera, i can take cool pix of my buds at college, but i don't have space on my computer to put the raw pictures on. Plus with no cd drive i can't install photoshop and edit them pictures.

If i get a cd-rw/dvd blahblah drive, then i can play starcraft, diablo 2, etc, but i start running out of room for new games. plus i don't have space for any more music or videos, and i can't take pictures of my dorm pplz.

WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I DO!! HELP!!

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bonehed1

I say the digital camera because you can store the pics on a memory stick and some printers can print off the memory stick plus you can always go to a friends house that has a cdrw and use their comp to burn stuff.

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sailor

Thats up to you. However, were it me, I would get the CD-RW drive. Then you can play games, and if you need to, burn some of the stuff on your HDD off to CD to free up space. Then I would get the external HDD. The digital camera is just a new toy... Get it whenever you want to.

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The_Dude

my thoughts exactly.

internal or external though?

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SiN

i agree with the purchasing order...and i'd guess he wants external for portability and such...dunno if it's cheaper to get an internal hdd and an external housing for it?

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onionmon

uh.. guys, its laptop. i can't cram much stuff into a laptop. But yea, everything is external cept the cd drive, cuz its a removeable dealio that fits in the spot where i'm missing my cd drive.

... But i like toys...

Kllr Wolf

I say get the cd-rw/dvd combo drive. it will fill the empty hole. allow you to burn your existing stuff to cd, freeing up space. and let you watch dvds and play games.

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Locobot

Get the camera.

Redjake

I'd get a burner, CD-Rs are cheap these days, it's like having tons of extra hard drive space lying around.

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bobson

definately start with CD-RW/R + DVD combo drive. like people have said, burn your music/vids to cd's, then you have space for games.

digi cameras are great, and i love mine, but i would definately put off buying it for now...its nowhere near as important as the other 2.

harrybllz

I agree, go with the CD Drive. It makes more sense. Either that or get a Regular PC. They're getting cheaper and cheaper, even for a good one.

Zamunda

Ive got a very similar problem: 40 gig harddrive on a laptop, and I run a campuswide file sharing (DC++) server off my comp. so there's so much music and movies out there I want to have... so I have a CDRW drive and some very cheap wholesale 800 mb cds (A GREAT INVESTMENT) so that I can use NERO and burn off movies and keep enough space for a running workspace. There's really no question which one you need more... A computer without much space is still good... a comp without a cd drive?? worthless