"This time a new laptop will cost $5k and my old one with a disc drive works just fine" ...

"The conversation needs to shift to consumer rights and what a license should enable." ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

I read something in PC World that said that I should not use my CD-RW drive all the time as a replacment for a normal CD-ROM drive. Is this true? Or can I replace my CD-ROM drive with a CD-RW drive ...

Bought a new CD/CDR/CDRW dirve (MediaStor 52/24/52X) and put it in. So far so good. I noticed that the CD Drive comes with an Audio Cable, and according to the instruction, I am supposed to connect ...

Optical drives were once so common that virtually every computer came with one, or even two. Now this storage solution is quickly becoming obsolete — it's increasingly rare to find a mainstream ...

For many years now a source for some of the smallest and cheapest home made CNC mechanisms has been the seemingly never-ending supply of surplus CD and DVD-ROM drives. The linear actuator that moves ...

Apple has finally started putting internal CD-RW drives in its new systems, but that’s of little comfort to those who own earlier Macs. If you long for the unlimited capacity, quick file sharing, and ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The very last Apple MacBook Pro to feature a CD/DVD drive inside has now officially been added to the company's list of obsolete products worldwide, ...