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    From David@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 2 12:26:01 2023
    Acting as free technical support for a friend.

    They have an HP W8 laptop with a 17" screen and a DVD drive.

    It is a little old (and dented) so they are looking for a replacement.
    That is, 17" screen and DVD drive.
    [I have tried to explain why they don't do them any more because everyone streams and stores stuff on huge hard drives.

    Searching for a laptop with a DVD drive I found: <https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/laptops-with-built-in-dvd-drive>
    However this is a 15.6" screen.

    Amazon search is useless.

    So far I haven't found anything else.

    I am aware that you can buy an external DVD drive (which may be the
    solution).

    Does anyone know a source of laptops with DVD drives?

    TIA



    Dave R


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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to David on Tue May 2 14:48:52 2023
    David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
    Acting as free technical support for a friend.

    They have an HP W8 laptop with a 17" screen and a DVD drive.

    It is a little old (and dented) so they are looking for a replacement.
    That is, 17" screen and DVD drive.
    [I have tried to explain why they don't do them any more because everyone streams and stores stuff on huge hard drives.

    Searching for a laptop with a DVD drive I found: <https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/laptops-with-built-in-dvd-drive>
    However this is a 15.6" screen.

    Amazon search is useless.

    So far I haven't found anything else.

    Searching for '17" laptop DVD' (on in my case Startpage, other search
    engines are available) came up with a number, eg: https://www.windowscentral.com/best-laptops-optical-drive

    The main thing though is some of them are old - eg avoid anything with an
    AMD A-series chip, and on Intel add 2010 to the 'generation' to get the year
    eg the 10th gen (i5-10xxx) is from 2020.

    Here's an 11th gen if you can find a UK source: https://www.costco.com/hp-17.3%22-touchscreen-laptop---11th-gen-intel-core-i5-1135g7---geforce-mx350---windows-11.product.100803095.html

    10th gen: https://www.greengreenstore.co.uk/products/dell-inspiron-17-3000-laptop-10th-gen-i7-dvd-8gb-ram-hdd-ssd-nvidia-warranty

    8th gen:
    https://www.laptopstation.co.uk/laptops/1755770/

    Not recommending these suppliers, but some models to look for.

    Theo

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  • From SH@21:1/5 to David on Tue May 2 15:27:01 2023
    On 02/05/2023 13:26, David wrote:
    Acting as free technical support for a friend.

    They have an HP W8 laptop with a 17" screen and a DVD drive.

    It is a little old (and dented) so they are looking for a replacement.
    That is, 17" screen and DVD drive.
    [I have tried to explain why they don't do them any more because everyone streams and stores stuff on huge hard drives.

    Searching for a laptop with a DVD drive I found: <https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/laptops-with-built-in-dvd-drive>
    However this is a 15.6" screen.

    Amazon search is useless.

    So far I haven't found anything else.

    I am aware that you can buy an external DVD drive (which may be the solution).

    Does anyone know a source of laptops with DVD drives?

    TIA



    Dave R




    are they after brand new or 2nd hand?

    I have a 2nd Hand Toshiba here with 4GB RAM, a 120GB SSD and Celeron
    processor running on win8 or win 7 surplus to requirements

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Theo on Tue May 2 18:12:46 2023
    On Tue, 02 May 2023 14:48:52 +0100, Theo wrote:

    David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
    Acting as free technical support for a friend.

    They have an HP W8 laptop with a 17" screen and a DVD drive.

    It is a little old (and dented) so they are looking for a replacement.
    That is, 17" screen and DVD drive.
    [I have tried to explain why they don't do them any more because
    everyone streams and stores stuff on huge hard drives.

    Searching for a laptop with a DVD drive I found:
    <https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/laptops-with-built-in-dvd-drive>
    However this is a 15.6" screen.

    Amazon search is useless.

    So far I haven't found anything else.

    Searching for '17" laptop DVD' (on in my case Startpage, other search
    engines are available) came up with a number, eg: https://www.windowscentral.com/best-laptops-optical-drive

    The main thing though is some of them are old - eg avoid anything with
    an AMD A-series chip, and on Intel add 2010 to the 'generation' to get
    the year eg the 10th gen (i5-10xxx) is from 2020.

    Here's an 11th gen if you can find a UK source: https://www.costco.com/hp-17.3%22-touchscreen-laptop---11th-gen-intel-
    core-i5-1135g7---geforce-mx350---windows-11.product.100803095.html

    10th gen:
    https://www.greengreenstore.co.uk/products/dell-inspiron-17-3000-
    laptop-10th-gen-i7-dvd-8gb-ram-hdd-ssd-nvidia-warranty

    8th gen:
    https://www.laptopstation.co.uk/laptops/1755770/

    Not recommending these suppliers, but some models to look for.

    Theo

    Thanks Theo.

    My findings were almost all refurbished so discounted.
    Brand new is the way to go.

    However I have done show and tell with an external DVD drive and this was
    well received.
    So the target is now to find an acceptable machine (8GB+ RAM, 256GB+ SSD)
    and buy an external DVD drive.

    Technical support for the non technical can be hard work, but I think this
    is the way to go.
    Windows 11 as a starting point and an upgrade path to W12 when it arrives should be good for a few years.

    Cheers


    Dave R

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  • From Woozy Song@21:1/5 to David on Fri May 5 09:24:28 2023
    David wrote:
    Acting as free technical support for a friend.

    They have an HP W8 laptop with a 17" screen and a DVD drive.

    It is a little old (and dented) so they are looking for a replacement.
    That is, 17" screen and DVD drive.
    [I have tried to explain why they don't do them any more because everyone streams and stores stuff on huge hard drives.

    Searching for a laptop with a DVD drive I found: <https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/laptops-with-built-in-dvd-drive>
    However this is a 15.6" screen.

    Amazon search is useless.

    So far I haven't found anything else.

    I am aware that you can buy an external DVD drive (which may be the solution).

    Does anyone know a source of laptops with DVD drives?

    TIA



    Dave R



    Probably something like HP ZBook. Modern laptops are usually too thin
    for a drive, unless you get a "mobile workstation".

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