07-05-2010, 02:14 AM
One reason is because some of us simply aren't inclined toward buying new hardware if what we have still works. Good enough reason for ya? As far as I'm concerned that includes both the computer and the drive. I also will be extremely annoyed if I live long enough to find that I'm going to have to choose between gerrymandering some kind of external device so I can read CDs and/or DVDs containing stuff I've stored or spending hours moving all of that stuff to a different kind of media. Some of us don't have a lot of time and energy to waste, so leave my CD/DVD drive alone.