Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Listen up, laptop manufacturers: Optical drives are an ...

to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Listen up, laptop manufacturers: Optical drives are an unnecessary financial and physical burden on users, and it's a parasite ...

Sometime around 2008 and with the advent of the first MacBook Air, Apple made the declarative statement that the end was in sight for optical drives built into its notebooks. At the time, the lack of ...

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

Mac desktop and MacBook owners are used to living without a CD or DVD drive, but there are occasions where access to one could be handy. AppleInsider explains how to remotely access the CD or DVD ...

There is one upgrade that will universally improve a laptop’s performance: adding an SSD. This is a particularly attractive upgrade for budget laptops, which typically come with a hard drive. That’s ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The built-in DVD burner is getting pretty hard to find in a ...