Does IBM Thinkpad T23 come with floppy drive?

[y***@yahoo.com]

If you purchase a new Thinkpad T23, does it automatically include a
floppy drive? (There was a brief thread a couple of months ago where
someone believed that the T-series no longer include a FDD).

In my opinion, selling a new computer without a floppy drive is a
disservice. How else is one supposed to easily transfer data to/from
their computer?

Anyway, can anyone verify whether the T23 comes with a floppy drive
included? Has anyone bought a new T23 and discovered that there was
no floppy drive in the box?

[Bruce Markowitz]

FALSE FALSE FALSE
Up to the T23 they DO come with a floppy drive (now there could be
some particular model that does not, but all the ones I have had new
did)
The T30 DOES NOT come with a floppy, but it has the same UltraBay 2000
as the earlier T series and the floppy does work and hot swap

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:08:30 +1000, "starla79"

Post by y***@yahoo.com
If you purchase a new Thinkpad T23, does it automatically include a
floppy drive? (There was a brief thread a couple of months ago where
someone believed that the T-series no longer include a FDD).

i am pretty sure that FDD's dont come standard in any t series notebook. you
can always get an ultra bay or external one relatively cheaply though. also
where is it even possible to purchase a brand new t23?

Post by y***@yahoo.com
In my opinion, selling a new computer without a floppy drive is a
disservice. How else is one supposed to easily transfer data to/from
their computer?

floppy disks are a slow unreliable thing of the past. you can try cdrw,
memory sticks, compact flash, smart media, usb memory keys, a network, zip
disks, super zip disks, jazz disks etc. also seeing as were only talking
about 1.4mb youve always got email

Post by y***@yahoo.com
Anyway, can anyone verify whether the T23 comes with a floppy drive
included? Has anyone bought a new T23 and discovered that there was
no floppy drive in the box?

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Post by y***@yahoo.com
In my opinion, selling a new computer without a floppy drive is a
disservice. How else is one supposed to easily transfer data to/from
their computer?

You're kiddin', right? Step into the 21st century!

I have no floppy (lost by original owner) on my TP 600, and between
wired and wireless internet, USB storage dongles, and the DVD-ROM, I
haven't ever missed it. I even upgraded the BIOS via CD-R.

-Kenny

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Post by Kenneth Crudup

Post by y***@yahoo.com
In my opinion, selling a new computer without a floppy drive is a
disservice. How else is one supposed to easily transfer data to/from
their computer?

You're kiddin', right? Step into the 21st century!
I have no floppy (lost by original owner) on my TP 600, and between
wired and wireless internet, USB storage dongles, and the DVD-ROM, I
haven't ever missed it. I even upgraded the BIOS via CD-R.
-Kenny

The last stand of the floppy drive is to install RAID or SCSI drivers
when installing Windows 2000, XP, or Server versions. Custom bootable
CDs are easy to make for whatever purpose is required.

[Bruce Markowitz]

Hold on. There is still software in use out there that cost an arm and a leg
and REQUIRES a floppy drive for input and output, and it must be drive A,
which a USB drive is not.

Post by Kenneth Crudup

Post by y***@yahoo.com
In my opinion, selling a new computer without a floppy drive is a
disservice. How else is one supposed to easily transfer data to/from
their computer?

You're kiddin', right? Step into the 21st century!
I have no floppy (lost by original owner) on my TP 600, and between
wired and wireless internet, USB storage dongles, and the DVD-ROM, I
haven't ever missed it. I even upgraded the BIOS via CD-R.
-Kenny
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Post by Bruce Markowitz
Hold on. There is still software in use out there that cost an arm and a leg
and REQUIRES a floppy drive for input and output

What's this?

-Kenny

[Jose Palacios]

Just bought a T23 which came with a floppy drive.....

Post by y***@yahoo.com
If you purchase a new Thinkpad T23, does it automatically include a
floppy drive? (There was a brief thread a couple of months ago where
someone believed that the T-series no longer include a FDD).
In my opinion, selling a new computer without a floppy drive is a
disservice. How else is one supposed to easily transfer data to/from
their computer?
Anyway, can anyone verify whether the T23 comes with a floppy drive
included? Has anyone bought a new T23 and discovered that there was
no floppy drive in the box?

[Joe McArthur]

floppy disks are a slow unreliable thing of the past.

Define "unreliable". For the quick transfer of small files a FDD is
a perfectly viable solution.

unrealiable in that disks stop working data is lost they are loud they
are slow and that they are being replaced by other media. it is only
tech evolution.

In 15+ years of using them regularly, it's been the rare event that I had a
disk malfunction and could not retrieve the data from it. Newer media may be
faster, and even quieter, but not any more reliable than a FDD. Moreover,
when was the last time you wrote some files to a floppy disk on one machine,
then could not access those files on a different machine, because the
standards used as the basis for construction of the two FDDs were different?
That's what I thought.

Joe