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On 03/31/2016 05:22 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> 4. Why do you want to have an optical drive built into your laptop? Do you use optical media that often? For me, I use optical media rarely these days, so a usb connected optical reader / burner is enough.

a.  So I can boot from disc -- for installation and running live discs.

b.  So I can burn discs -- music to CD, video to DVD/ BD, data to 
whatever size makes sense.

c.  So I can read discs.


David