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The majority of Laptops on the market as of June 2012 contain a removable DVD drive as standard. For a few years it has been common for even the cheap budget laptops to contain an optical drive that could read DVDs but could only write to a CD, but now even the most budget laptops contain a DVD writer as standard.
The Smaller Net-book computers and some of the New Mac Book laptop models seem to be some of the few exceptions to this by containing no optical drive at all.
Although DVD drives are now being replaced in most of the top end models of Laptop with a Blue-Ray dive, as these are backwards compatible with DVD drives it could be argued that they also still do contain a removable DVD drive.
What else can I help you with?
Can one buy external DVD drives for laptops?
External DVD drives are obtainable for laptops. Many of them are slimline portable models especially suitable for traveling. They are useful for backing up data or watching DVD movies on ultra-slim laptops which do not come with an internal DVD drive.
Are there any Bu-ray DVD drives for laptops out yet?
Yes, but they are extraordinarily expensive.
Which type of dvd drive works most like a removable hard drive?
Study Unit: Multimedia CD & DvD Drives. Page 64 DVD-RAM
Are DVD's considered removable media?
Removable Media means Portable media that you can put into a computer and remove like CDs, DVDs and Flash Drives. NON-removable media is like the HDD (hard disk drive) hope that helps
Is it possible to store data without hard disc?
Yes. Data can be stored to removable media such as flash drives, Floppy Disks, Cd's and DVD's.
Are there any cd/dvd drives that are slot loaded?
The Velocity Micro Slot Loading DVD/CD player sold by Costco is an external drive that fits this description. Most slot loading dvd/cd drives are made for high end laptops however they are available for any application.
Is there any difference between a laptop CD-DVD drive and a PC CD-DVD drive in the way that they read the data from a CD?
In my experience, the laptops have slower drives in terms of read speed.
What does the Plus and Minus on a DVD does the plus mean more time to record and the minus is stanrd?
No, the + and - are two different DVD formats. Compare it to VHS and Betamax, they're similar media, but use different methods of data storage. Nowadays most DVD drives can use both, but it used to be the case that there were DVD+ drives that could only use DVD+R, etc.
Do all laptops have CD burner capabilities?
No. Many older laptops' drives cannot burn CDs. The Macbook Air does not even contain a CD / DVD drive, let alone one capable of writing. Similarly, most ASUS Eee PC models do not have a CD / DVD drive.
Is a DVD removable media?
Yes
Is a DVD-R the same as CD-R?
Computers used to have separate drives for putting in a CD and Playing a DVD. Now, especially with Laptops, Most Computers and Laptops have a multifunction unit in which both DVD'S and CD'S can be read, but again, some computers still do have separate drives, purely because the performance is better, e.g. A CD may upload better onto iTunes for example in A CD drive rather than a CD/DVD drive.
Removable media and non-removable media?
Removable storage media refers to CD's, DVD's, Floppy discs, USB drives. Non-removeable storage media refers to RAM, and Hard Drives. So where the storage media's are found depends upon which you are 'talking' about; but generally non-removable inside the computer, removable outside of the computer.
