There where points in time where I had a lightscribe disk, and points in time where I had a lightscribe drive. But never both at the same time. I feel like this says something, but I dunno what.
I went out of my way to buy a LightScribe drive for my 2008 build (C2D E8400, 4GB DDR2 800, AMD HD 4870, Vista Ultimate + Linspire), and I never even used the feature. Burned less than a dozen discs total as well.
I feel like optical media died around that same time. Netflix introduced its streaming service, torrents entered the mainstream, and MP3 players replaced CD players. Didn’t even bother with an optical drive in my 2014 build (i5-4670K, 16GB DDR3 1866, GTX 780, Win8.1 + Ubuntu). Current build doesn’t have one, either (7700X, 32GB DDR5 6000, 4090, Win11 + Arch).
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
lightscribe for old time’s sake?
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Image— still use one of these from 2011.
FrChazzz@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Me too! I recently put Linux on it and it runs like a brand new computer.
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I run Linux on my daily driver, but I’m addicted to the click wheel iPod and I use this machine because of iTunes.
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
There where points in time where I had a lightscribe disk, and points in time where I had a lightscribe drive. But never both at the same time. I feel like this says something, but I dunno what.
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I went out of my way to buy a LightScribe drive for my 2008 build (C2D E8400, 4GB DDR2 800, AMD HD 4870, Vista Ultimate + Linspire), and I never even used the feature. Burned less than a dozen discs total as well.
I feel like optical media died around that same time. Netflix introduced its streaming service, torrents entered the mainstream, and MP3 players replaced CD players. Didn’t even bother with an optical drive in my 2014 build (i5-4670K, 16GB DDR3 1866, GTX 780, Win8.1 + Ubuntu). Current build doesn’t have one, either (7700X, 32GB DDR5 6000, 4090, Win11 + Arch).