Dunno, it seems odd NOT to have a DVD drive in your PC these days, ESPECIALLY if you’re a gamer who’s built your own system (no offense intended :)).

Hell, the wholesale/internet price of a good DVD-ROM drive has been a whopping $10-15 more than a good CD-ROM drive for years. I've had a DVD-ROM drive in my system since 2x DVD-ROM drives (course, they weren't as inexpensive back then, but prices quickly fell as newer gen DVD drives came out). Anyway, I burn from disc to disc and copy CDs often enough that having a second drive is nice to have. Then, being able to watch/rip DVD-movies is a rather inexpensive bonus.

In all fairness, I can see how some folks wouldn’t use the second drive. Even so, I'm still hopeful that more games and programs start coming on DVD. As I said, this is progress, plain and simple. Not much about "forced upgrade" that I’m sure we're prolly all weary of. I'd call it convenience as well as progress... Office and Windows on a single disc, anyone?. Heh. I look forward to reading that Dell is dropping 650MB CD-ROM drives from their systems! : P

This comment was edited on Mar 24, 10:38.