No, my pc doesn’t have an internal optical drive…. But doesn’t everyone have a usb portable drive?
I used to have a USB floppy drive too. Now I just have disk images.
I got one and I’ve been watching old DVDs on my puter
Because i’m too lazy to back them up.
It’s not like I do it or have like almost the same stack of boxes.
Get into boardgames. Now you have big-ass nerdy gamer boxes in your library which actually have a reason to exist.
The problem with those is finding people to play with.
At one point recently I bought a two pack of USB Blu-ray burner drives for $25. Optical media is so dirt cheap now that the readers are BOGO. Gave one to my partner, the other is still serving my physical media needs very well.
Where? That sounds like a good price as internal SATA BD-RE drives tend to be $60+
Called out
Keep them! Don’t ever throw them away! Someone will find them very interesting some day.
I think they can be used to reclaim your steam account if you lose access, so that’s why I like to keep mine. And it’s neat.
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Who else wishes there was more semi-attractive PC cases with an 5.25" bay? I have ripped many CDs and Blurays with my optical drive
For real. Given how many of the “attractive” cases are becoming very modular/config swappable, It would be cool to see even an add-on option for them that allows changing the faceplate and mount points for a 5.24in bay. Not expecting to see all the “fish tank” cases do this, but some could make it work. Maybe ones that are wide dual chamber ones with metal plate space could have a vertical option.
