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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1632909" data-attributes="member: 307555"><p>Hi Bob,</p><p></p><p>CD/DVD drives and hard drives are two different things. The current trend in laptops is to eliminate CD/DVD drives. It saves space, is one less mechanical part to fail, makes the laptop lighter, and trims the cost of manufacturing. The question is - do you need one? If you want to watch DVD movies on your laptop then right now the only new option left is the MacBook Pro 13" non-retina model or you can purchase an external DVD drive.</p><p></p><p>Hard drives are used a lot to designate the internal storage where the operating system is located plus other programs, data, etc. There are two types of internal storage currently used in laptops. </p><p></p><p>The first type is the traditional mechanical hard drive. This has platters and a moving arm that accesses the data on the platters. This type of drive can be thought of as delicate because mechanical means moving and eventually the parts will wear out. Also, when they were originally put in laptops, they were more prone to shock issues because if the data arm was moving or not "parked” it would hit the platters and damage them. Today’s new drives are vastly improved and I haven't heard of issues like that for years.</p><p></p><p>The second type is the SSD or solid-state drive. It has no moving parts, is blazing fast, more reliable, and way more expensive. </p><p></p><p>So, if you want lots of storage for say tons of videos, go with a mechanical hard drive. If you want a blazing fast computer (provided you get adequate memory - 8GB or more) but not as much storage but more reliability, get an SSD. </p><p></p><p>As for email - </p><p></p><p>1. Mail will download on both computers. Once you open the mail program, it goes out and begins the download. It is possible that if you read and delete an email on one computer, it will not show up on the other computer if the second computer has not already downloaded it before you deleted it on the first computer. It depends on how your mail server is set up. I have a Live and Gmail account. With both I will see emails come in on my MB Air that I have read and deleted on my iPad or iPhone and they will disappear on the MB Air as they come it. It is weird to watch. But with my work email, they all come in on all my devices regardless because of the type of email server. I could go into detail but this is the basics.</p><p></p><p>2. Once an email is downloaded by the email program it is there to stay until you delete it. Deleting on one will not delete it on the other. Sometimes I wish it would.</p><p></p><p>3. See #1 & # 2</p><p></p><p>I hope I explained this clearly - if not let me know!</p><p> </p><p>Lisa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1632909, member: 307555"] Hi Bob, CD/DVD drives and hard drives are two different things. The current trend in laptops is to eliminate CD/DVD drives. It saves space, is one less mechanical part to fail, makes the laptop lighter, and trims the cost of manufacturing. The question is - do you need one? If you want to watch DVD movies on your laptop then right now the only new option left is the MacBook Pro 13" non-retina model or you can purchase an external DVD drive. Hard drives are used a lot to designate the internal storage where the operating system is located plus other programs, data, etc. There are two types of internal storage currently used in laptops. The first type is the traditional mechanical hard drive. This has platters and a moving arm that accesses the data on the platters. This type of drive can be thought of as delicate because mechanical means moving and eventually the parts will wear out. Also, when they were originally put in laptops, they were more prone to shock issues because if the data arm was moving or not "parked” it would hit the platters and damage them. Today’s new drives are vastly improved and I haven't heard of issues like that for years. The second type is the SSD or solid-state drive. It has no moving parts, is blazing fast, more reliable, and way more expensive. So, if you want lots of storage for say tons of videos, go with a mechanical hard drive. If you want a blazing fast computer (provided you get adequate memory - 8GB or more) but not as much storage but more reliability, get an SSD. As for email - 1. Mail will download on both computers. Once you open the mail program, it goes out and begins the download. It is possible that if you read and delete an email on one computer, it will not show up on the other computer if the second computer has not already downloaded it before you deleted it on the first computer. It depends on how your mail server is set up. I have a Live and Gmail account. With both I will see emails come in on my MB Air that I have read and deleted on my iPad or iPhone and they will disappear on the MB Air as they come it. It is weird to watch. But with my work email, they all come in on all my devices regardless because of the type of email server. I could go into detail but this is the basics. 2. Once an email is downloaded by the email program it is there to stay until you delete it. Deleting on one will not delete it on the other. Sometimes I wish it would. 3. See #1 & # 2 I hope I explained this clearly - if not let me know! Lisa [/QUOTE]
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