They also took them out because most programs aren't sold as a physical disk that you load on to your computer. You now have to buy a subscription and download from the web. Same with storage, you don't burn a disk, you buy clous storage. Not having the drive also lets the manufacturers produce thinner laptops.
New laptop doesn't have an optical drive and the one in the old computer is fried. So I bought one but am salty about it.
Caffosaurus☕🍁:mayo:
npub13k…n9t0m
2026-08-06 20:55:13 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…xw2l
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