Apple has always been eager to dump technologies when the company feels they have outlived their usefulness. The original iMac came without a floppy drive. The iPhone 7 came without a headphone jack.

The 2008 MacBook Air didn't have an optical drive, so Apple sold a separate SuperDrive accessory, which has finally seemingly been discontinued from sale. Visit Apple's website, and you'll see the ...

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...

We love that modern laptops have become so slim and light, but we aren’t happy about the disappearance of ports and features.

Hey all, the PC I bought this year has no provision for an optical drive. If I wanted to install, say, Freelancer (of which I have the disc) that cannot simply be bought from GOG or any digital ...

Is the all-digital $749.99 PS5 Pro worth $200 more than the base PS5 with an optical drive? I break down the differences between the two Sony consoles to help you decide which system offers the most ...

Microsoft may be looking to abandon optical discs for its next Xbox gaming console, but will still put games on physical media in the form of flash storage, according to a new rumor. The next Xbox ...

My esteemed colleague John Brownlee wrote earlier today about the excellent article at Ars Technica which explains in detail why the new 13″ MacBook Pro doesn’t have a speedy i5 or i7 chip, while its ...

TL;DR: The Cooler Master MasterBox CM695 mid-tower case combines retro design with modern features, including a 5.25-inch optical drive bay, support for large graphics cards, and multiple HDD/SSD bays ...