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> "In addition, it is possible to read DVD movies on any laptop, something that is not the case with Blu-ray" How many laptops still have any form of optical d

• jonny_eh 4y ago
  So it's not just Macbooks that dropped the drives?
  • alpaca128 4y ago
    Modern laptops are getting too slim for ethernet ports. Of course they're not going to include a bulky drive that would reduce the space for battery capacity by 30-40% and is used by almost nobody. I think I haven't seen anyone use a disk drive in a computer at all in the last 10 years, except for the few times I ripped a CD with an old external drive. No, not only Macbooks. My 6 years old Thinkpad doesn't have one and it was completely normal back then too.
• liampulles 4y ago
  It might apply more to people who buy laptops second hand, to use for work and also instead of a TV.