I was browsing a technical store’s website and came across some DVDs. On sale. You’d need an optical drive to use them, unless you use them to decorate your walls
If you do use them, what do you use them for and why do you not just use hard drives, SSDs or USB thumb drives instead?
This is not a hate post. My whole existence is living in the 90’s, so… :P
The pedant in me cannot let slide that your title talks of compact discs but the image is of write-once blank DVDs.
But no, I don’t use any form of 4.7" optical media very often. The last time I used the optical drive in this computer was to watch a DVD that I didn’t want to go downstairs and watch on the TV. That must be a good few months ago now.
As to why I even have such a drive - long, boring story. I had assumed that if I ever had need of one, I’d just take the one out of my old PC. When that time came, the newer PC refused to boot with that drive installed. (Imagine, if you will, being in that situation, and the ensuing horror and frustration.)
It then made sense to buy a different one to troubleshoot and cover that potential need. And I haven’t bothered to uninstall it after “testing”.
Edit: Sometimes I a word.