Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...
Suited for small slim drives used in notebook computers as well as for half-height drives in desktop PCs and consumer DVD recorders, the ATR0881 laser diode driver IC is offered as the smallest of its ...
Apple ditched the optical drive from most Macs about a decade ago—far before many pundits thought the company should. You could still buy an Apple-branded USB SuperDrive for reading and burning CDs ...