Laptops Need to Have CD Drives In Them

This might be me getting older. There’s just something about a laptop that had a disk drive in it. I know for makers of laptops that it’s a bit cumbersome. Because then you have to send a copy of the OS in case either something happens or for the user to be able to install the OS on their own.

I honestly liked having a copy of the OS because I’ve also liked to switch out my hard drive, anytime that it would get slower. That way I had a copy of everything that was on my hardrive so that way I could try to transfer it to a new device or the other hard drive. You never know what’s going to happen.

It added to the longevity of the laptop. Not to mention being able to play movies, video games and music at ease. Being able to burn music onto a cd just so you didn’t have to pull out twenty cds just to pull out a few songs.

Even in today’s digital age, sometimes having physical copies of things can be a great benefit. When I had to install my last hard drive I had to put a copy of the OS on an external hard drive because I didn’t have the system disk, I also didn’t have a disk drive for my laptop. Because they decided to take them out.

I ended up having to buy an external cd drive for my laptop because I wanted to watch movies on my laptop when my ps4 broke. I also wanted to host movie night in a discord I was in and that way the only way to do it. Because I didn’t have a way to stream from Netflix.

I was someone that had dvds for movies and for tv shows. Though I did have subscriptions to Netflix, I just preferred to pull out the dvds and play them. It made it easier for me when I was bored on my days off or if I was sick. Sure it took up a lot of space but it was something to have just in case.

I never really liked how new laptops not only take out the ability to take out hard drives and not have a physical cd drive. I guess the idea is to make them slimmer but I’m a stickler for having backups. Probably because my dad’s an engineer and always had backups for things.

I just want to have the ability to have backups again. That would be nice.

What do you think? Should we go back to having a physical cd drive again? Why or why not? Let me know in the comments below. Like this post? Don’t forget to share it with your friends. Want to keep up with the latest? Hit the subscribe button. Want to support the blog? Check out my tip jar.

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