I own a couple of Plextor IDE drives still for this purpose. When it comes to ripping music, older is often better! For any other uses though, I haven't needed

I own a couple of Plextor IDE drives still for this purpose. When it comes to ripping music, older is often better! For any other uses though, I haven't needed a CD drive in the last year. It would have been useful when I installed Windows, merely because it's harder to lose than a USB memory stick!