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   rbowman to Scott Lurndal   
   Re: Why one needs a dVD drive in his lap   
   25 Jan 24 02:43:31   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:32:18 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
      
   > micky  writes:   
   >>People laughed at me when I said I wanted a desktop and a laptop with a   
   >>DVD drive.  No one uses those anymore, they taunted me.   
   >   
   > You can get a brand new USB external CD/DVD drive for less than $20  on   
   > amazon.  And you don't need to discard it when upgrading to a new   
   > computer.   
   >   
   > Clearly someone is still using them.   
      
   I have one. The last time I used it was to copy files from the CD   
   accompanying Earl Scrugg's banjo book. I've got other music books that   
   included CDs. They're still old school although some have went to   
   downloadable files.   
      
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