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Can’t you just buy some cheapo external USB drive† and stow it away for disc-related emergencies? For me just knowing that drives like that exist is enough, I k
by ugh 15y ago
Can’t you just buy some cheapo external USB drive† and stow it away for disc-related emergencies? For me just knowing that drives like that exist is enough, I know I can order them from Amazon and have them the next day. (Nowadays I only really use my optical drive to rip music I can’t get any other way. That happens maybe once a year or so.)
If you like watching DVDs while you are mobile I would definitely not recommend getting a PC without optical drive anytime soon – for obvious reasons. If you don’t, I really see no reason not to ditch the optical drive. All other use cases seem to be handled well enough by emergency external drives.
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† Like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-External-Optical-SE-S084D-TSBS/dp/B0044DEDBG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311612504&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-External-Optical-SE-S084D-TSBS...
- chc 15y agoAfter the optical drive on my MBP broke, I came to the same conclusion. I never bothered to get it fixed, and since I have a spare external drive, it was never a problem.
- michaelbuckbee 15y agoEven if you like watching DVDs on your laptop you'd likely still be better off with a removable optical drive. Rip the discs to the hard drive and run them from there.
- pornel 15y agoHighly recommended. I use this method exclusively, even though I have working DVD drive: scratched discs don't cause nasty surprises during the movie, and the drive doesn't make noise during playback. With RipIt.app set to auto-rip every inserted DVD and eject it it's no hassle.
- michaelbuckbee 15y agoEven if you like watching DVDs on your laptop you'd likely still be better off with a removable optical drive. Rip the discs to the hard drive and run them from there.