You can purchase a second DVD drive for your personal computer or the computers in a small business office for less than $20 as of May 2012. The process is easy ...

If you own a MacBook Air or a newer MacBook Pro that doesn’t include a disc drive, here are the best external DVD drives for your MacBook. Not everyone needs a disc drive, which is probably why Apple ...

I need an external DVD/BR drive for my next computer setup for sure. My next laptop will be an ultrabook (probably Dell's linux lappie, once they come out with a Haswell version), that will never have ...

Apple was one of the first manufacturers to exclude DVD players from its laptops, and the same quickly became true for iMacs as well. This meant that if you wanted to rip CDs for your iTunes library, ...

A decade ago I got my first Mac without an optical drive. So I got an external USB "superdrive" (CD/DVD writer). But that one now no longer works. I don't really need an optical drive, as I've copied ...

Which is the best DVD recorder drive for the Mac? Most Apple Mac computers no longer contain an Apple SuperDrive (Apple’s name for DVD burners attached to Macs), but you can buy an Apple USB ...

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With portability and solid performance on its side, the HP bd530s is a good portable DVD burner that could have been great if it was capable of writing to Blu-ray discs or offered the additional ...

In these modern times, CDs have become somewhat ancient technology. Because of the decline in CD popularity, laptops do not even come with CD drives. On the rare occasion that you need a CD drive, you ...