Disc drives have quietly vanished from laptops and many consoles. Faster downloads, streaming, and better storage explain why they fell off.

However, about a year ago, someone very quietly took to Reddit to reveal that they'd archived the bonus Xbox CD-ROM on a ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. For students attending a university in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the experience was vastly different ...

We love that modern laptops have become so slim and light, but we aren’t happy about the disappearance of ports and features. It’s been forever since I’ve seen a laptop with an optical disc drive! If ...

Does your laptop even have a DVD drive anymore? Mine sure doesn’t. Neither did the one I owned before. So, what can you do when you actually have to use a DVD or CD? Well, you can grab an Amicool ...

Whether you spent or saved a lot of money in 2025 or simply find yourself holding steady, one item all savers can agree on is that it's important to protect and grow their funds further in 2026.

October 19, 1992: Apple launches the Mac IIvx, the first Macintosh computer to ship with a metal case and, more importantly, an internal CD-ROM drive. The last of the Macintosh II series, the Mac IIvx ...

These days, a movie night usually involves cuddling up on the couch, turning on Netflix, and picking another rom-com movie from its list of never-ending shows. However, before the age of streaming ...

Through the looking glass: The compact disc's 43-year journey, from technical experiment to a worldwide standard, tells the story of how global collaboration and bold engineering can reshape entire ...

You might think that CD players and DVD players have had their run, but as it turns out, they are absolute goldmines for DIY projects. Pop one open and you'll find stepper motors, laser assemblies, ...