07-05-2010, 02:04 AM
Since SD and USB cards/drives are dirt cheap and capacities have risen far above that of a DVD, why do we still have bulky CD/DVD drives and delicate CDs/DVDs still? Is there some technical reason or is this just inertia, akin to the longevity of floppy disks. I suppose you could argue that the media itself is ultra cheap, but usually the content is fairly pricey, essentially negating the cost advantage, and most DVDs/CDs are write-once devices, a PITA if you ask me. Given the scarcity of real estate in today's laptops, why haven't these gone the way of the dodo yet?