When I bought a new laptop earlier this year, it was after several cautionary notes from fellow ET contributors that I might regret not waiting a few months for Ivy Bridge. I was thrilled with the ...

Remember that Gateway EC14D notebook that was announced earlier this year? You know, the one with the 11.6 inch display, Intel CULV processor, and built-in DVD burner? Yeah, you can go ahead and ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. In 2023 (and the soon-to-be 2024), trying to find a brand-new laptop with a DVD drive is like trying to find a still-standing Blockbuster that offers DVD ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. For many Africans like me growing up in the 2000s with limited access to legitimate software, buying ...

It's official: the PC world has gone utterly big-screen crazy. Barely a week has passed since we reviewed Samsung's 19-inch laptop, and blogged rockdirect's equally large SLI alternative, but we've ...

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 ...

Optical disc devotees continue to find safe ports and harbors in Japan, with the release of the new FMV Note A laptop line (machine translation). This laptop range fuses modern features like a Windows ...

WTF?! PC users rarely rely on optical media anymore, and when they do, it's usually through an external USB drive – particularly on laptops. Most notebook manufacturers phased out built-in disc trays ...

Your homelab's secret weapon against ransomware is a $40 DVD drive ...