It's got an optical drive, too, which we can't say of all the notebooks listed here.
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The convenience of a SuperMulti optical drive is provided for backing up favorite photos and data.
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The next thing you'll notice about the Blade is the lack of an optical drive.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has even fretted about the MacBook Air's lack of an optical drive.
The final nail in the coffin was the lack of a built-in optical drive.
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If the company's track record on such things holds, the optical drive may be doomed.
Here's a picture of the inside of the case with the optical drive cage removed.
It's considerably heftier than the 13- and 14-inch models, but it does squeeze in an optical drive.
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Unlike the V5, this machine boasts an optical drive, but it does weigh a heftier 4.79 pounds.
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You'll also notice that absent from the unit is an optical drive -- not surprising, given the size.
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The Z model has an optional Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical drive for enjoying, creating and storing high-definition content.
The MacBook Air's lack of an optical drive could also be a problem for people visiting customers, Werner pointed out.
Like the Samsung Series 5 UltraTouch, it has no optical drive, except this guy weighs a bit less, at 3.77 pounds.
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An enormous 1TB(1) hard drive provides generous space to store content and an optical drive is included for backing up valuable data.
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The typical standards of built-in optical drive, HP QuickPlay, 6-in-1 card reader and 6-cell batter round out the capable, but lower-end laptop.
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But the end of the optical drive on mainstream PCs is as inevitable now as the end of the floppy drive was then.
At 3.97 pounds with no optical drive, it's right on par with similarly equipped machines, like that HP TouchSmart we just told you about.
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However, once the game is fully installed the game disc is no longer necessary, and playing from the optical drive will actually be prevented.
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And while it may seem small, it gets rid of the last real reason most of us absolutely had to have an optical drive.
Plus you'll get the optical drive the MacBook Air is missing.
According to the report, Sony toyed with the idea of dropping the optical drive in favor or making games for the machine download-only over the internet.
It also has DVD-RW optical drive (can you believe it?), a card reader, a bunch of ports and even a TV Tuner should you want one.
This, and the optical drive, will be the real performance bottlenecks in the system and in the PC you could theoretically build to compare it with.
The live system of the Modbook Pro operates without any moving parts (aside from its optical drive), markedly decreasing the chances for data corruption or loss.
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Adams said he left NeXT after disagreeing with Jobs about the use of the optical drive in the NeXT workstation, which he felt would be too slow.
It also has a DVD-RW optical drive (can you believe it?), a card reader, a bunch of ports and even a TV Tuner should you want one.
Surprisingly, even though it's classified as an Ultrabook, it manages to make room for an optical drive -- impressive, given its 0.81-inch-thick chassis is still relatively slender.
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Still, they're all just thick enough to accommodate a tray-loading optical drive, and the 15R and 17R also have enough room for a numpad on the keyboard.
This meant either having to download games from a digital distribution service such as Steam or Origin, or having to lug about a portable optical drive.
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