Re: new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

[ken <gebser@mousecar.com>]

On 08/27/2015 06:30 AM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * ken <gebser@mousecar.com> [2015-08-20 06:53 -0400]:
>
> > One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
> > Blu-Ray.  I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
> > reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
>
> Isn't a second hd in the CD-tray a better option? You have the
> choice to configure:
>
> Raid or
> 2nd data store or
> install another os or
> create a video pool or
> copy whatever you want to boot on it or
> use it just as a backup medium or
> install as much as the capa admits ISO-Images on it or
> ....
>
> Elimar

With the particular laptop I was looking at, that isn't an option.  As 
said in the original post, there are two options: either DVD or Blu-ray.

That said, the laptop does come with two drives: an SSD and HD.