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Dell Computer has thrown its weight as the No. 1 PC maker behind the rewritable DVD standard known as DVD+RW. The Round Rock, Texas-based company announced Wednesday at PC Expo--which is part of ...

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...

Very few laptops ever included Blu-ray drives. The HP ZBook 17 G5 is one of the rare options if you need Blu-ray capability. They can run basic applications and older software, but don't expect them ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

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The proliferation of streaming services for music, movies, and TV shows might make a DVD drive on a laptop seem superfluous. But anyone with a sluggish internet connection or strict data caps can ...