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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1330174"><p>It seems you haven't addressed the main point that everyone in this thread other than you has been making: the average person really doesn't use the optical drive all that much anymore.</p><p></p><p>I just picked up an 8GB thumb drive for $12 at my local DRUGSTORE. I enjoy not having to a) vastly increase the internal heat of my computer with the spinning drive and b) know I'm not adding innumerable silver discs to landfills all the time.</p><p></p><p>I have an external burner I picked up somewhere for less than $20 and a case I picked up for about the same amount some time back. I have tended to use it on the odd occasion when I needed to burn something rather than the internal optical drive because if the external one craps out, who cares? But if the internal one craps out, that's an expensive fix.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that logic dictates that as people stop using a product, it shouldn't be included as standard equipment. Optical drives are now largely in that category. Put another way, when was the last time you bought a car with standard transmission? Or a phone with a dial? Or a TV with a knob on it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1330174"] It seems you haven't addressed the main point that everyone in this thread other than you has been making: the average person really doesn't use the optical drive all that much anymore. I just picked up an 8GB thumb drive for $12 at my local DRUGSTORE. I enjoy not having to a) vastly increase the internal heat of my computer with the spinning drive and b) know I'm not adding innumerable silver discs to landfills all the time. I have an external burner I picked up somewhere for less than $20 and a case I picked up for about the same amount some time back. I have tended to use it on the odd occasion when I needed to burn something rather than the internal optical drive because if the external one craps out, who cares? But if the internal one craps out, that's an expensive fix. The bottom line is that logic dictates that as people stop using a product, it shouldn't be included as standard equipment. Optical drives are now largely in that category. Put another way, when was the last time you bought a car with standard transmission? Or a phone with a dial? Or a TV with a knob on it? [/QUOTE]
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