The best laptops with CD and DVD drives are rapidly encroaching on extinction. Trust me. During my tenure as a laptop reviewer, I haven't seen a single laptop with one! Now that everything can be ...

Remember when laptops had disc drives? Here's when - and why - manufacturers decided to leave CDs and DVDs behind for good.

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

The mid-2012 13 inch MacBook Pro will still work, but Apple will no longer service it. An Apple product is obsolete once it hasn't been distributed for sale for more than seven years. Good morning, ...

Hard drives and optical drives are the most failure-prone items on a laptop. They're also among the easiest to swap out, upgrade, or, in some cases, live without. Here are the best fixes for saving, ...

There’s a good chance your next computer won’t have an optical drive (that would be the place on the side of your laptop where you insert discs). For those already immersed in technology, losing the ...

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 ...

Apple declares mid-2012 MacBook Pro obsolete globally, ending support for laptops with optical drives. macOS Big Sur no longer supports this model. External SuperDrive available but needs USB-A ...