Cyberspace & IT..those are the in-things these days. And Malaysians have been trying to cope with the advances & progress in all related fields that the rest of the developed world have achieved. Such thirst for advanced technology especially in the world of computers is evident practically almost everywhere...esp more so in cities like KL & Penang. However it appears that Alor Star is still in the doldrums...like centuries behind, figuratively speaking?
Now why do I say so? (Frankly I feel so, too.) Why?
Simple. My lappy has a drive that is a Lightscribe supported DVD-RW optical drive.
Pic on Left : Can you make out the Lightscribe logo on the right side of the door of the optical drive?
Most laptops & even deskstop PCs now come fitted with such Lightscribe enabled drives.
However, one needs to have Lightscribe discs to use such drives to its fullest capabilities ie to permanently "burn" our own design disc labels right onto the top of the discs. The old way was to print such labels onto sticker-type labels to be stuck onto the discs. That old method produced labels which were prone to peeling & caused problems when such discs (with improperly stuck-on labels) are played, not forgetting the fading of the printed material.
And guess what? Me went in & out of at least 5 computer shops around Alor Star, even up to the PSK area, but not even one has a single one of such Lightscribe discs! Unbelievable? Believe it!
And a few of them had not even heard of the term "Lightscribe"...even asking me what it was...phew! Just imagine...ppl in the computer line not knowing what Lightscribe is all about! How backward can one be?
And one of them had the nerve to tell me that their stocks had run out! Can you believe that? With shops around not knowing what "Lightscribe" discs are, you can have one whose supply of such discs had been sold out? Now who was that salesperson trying to kid? Feel it's more of a nice way of saying, "We don't have such discs..." True? Maybe we should give that person the benefit of the doubt..maybe once upon a time, they did have...?
Well, there are a few more shops that me have not tried to ask about the Lightscribe discs yet. So maybe there is still a tiny glimmer of hope? Maybe not all is lost...yet?
Alor Star, a City? The only signs of a city that most can see are that of daily traffic jams! Not much else in terms of what a truly modern city should have. What else can I say or feel when I can't even get a single "Lightscribe" disc. Sad but true...
Will keep you folks updated...yup, either way the quest turns out... in my present seemingly futile attempts. Ok?
ps. For those who need more info re Lightscribe, pls goto http://www.lightscribe.com/
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