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Posted by Deneb on November 28, 2008, at 16:28:13
I just bought a netbook! Woohoo! I haven't received it yet though. It's going to have 32GB solid state drive so I know it can't hold much.
OK, I'm new at this so I don't know anything LOL.
First, how do I get movies on the netbook? Can I put the movies onto a memory stick or USB flash drive or something? I'm technicially challenged. LOL
If getting the movie from DVD to file is complicated, is there a way to download movies? I don't want to steal them, I'd rather pay for them.
Thanks!
Posted by Dinah on November 29, 2008, at 10:48:58
In reply to Putting movies on netbook w/no optical drive?, posted by Deneb on November 28, 2008, at 16:28:13
I'm in the process of backing up my home movies to an external hard drive so I can evacuate with them and so that I can edit them if I wish. I've got software to do it because a simple "copy" command won't work. There are external DVD readers if you need one. But it's only possible with things that aren't copyprotected. Most movies are.
You can generally buy or rent movies you can download as well. Amazon Unbox or iTunes, I'm sure there are others. It takes up a fair amount of space.
Posted by Phillipa on November 29, 2008, at 12:09:19
In reply to Re: Putting movies on netbook w/no optical drive? » Deneb, posted by Dinah on November 29, 2008, at 10:48:58
Seriously where did you guys learn so much about computers? Me can send an e-mail, google, post, find pics and send them that's it. Love Phillipa you guys are genius's in my opinion.
Posted by Deneb on November 30, 2008, at 0:02:01
In reply to Re: Putting movies on netbook w/no optical drive? » Deneb, posted by Dinah on November 29, 2008, at 10:48:58
Thanks Dinah
I looked into Amazon Unbox and they seem to have iffy reviews. I have iTunes so I will look into that.
I hope they will work with the Ubuntu OS.
Posted by Dinah on November 30, 2008, at 0:22:04
In reply to Re: Putting movies on netbook w/no optical drive? » Dinah, posted by Deneb on November 30, 2008, at 0:02:01
I don't use either of them often, but I've found both to be more or less equivalent in my admittedly limited use.
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