A growing number of laptop computers are shipping without CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives, but the optical disc drive may have some life left in it. Sony and Panasonic have announced a new platform they call “Archival Disc” which is designed for long-term storage of large amounts of data. Double-sided Archival Discs will be able […]
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When was the last time you used an optical disc drive?
The Taiwanese rumor-mongers at DigiTimes are reporting that the next-generation MacBook Pro laptops may be thinner than ever. Apple is reportedly able to shave a few milometers off the MacBook case because the company has decided to abandon optical disc drives for its MacBook line. DigiTimes tends to get its information from the companies that supply Apple and […]
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TDK introduces 1TB optical disc
Terabyte hard drives are getting to be old hat… but what about removable media that can store 1Tb of data? It looks like it’s on the way. TDK showed off a 1TB optical disc at Ceatec in Japan last week, The disc has 16 recording layers, each storing 32GBÂ per side for a total of […]
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Mouse Computer netbook with optical drive spotted in Japan
Remember thatMouse Computer LB-1500 netbook we spotted a while back that comes equipped with a Super Multi Drive? Apparently it’s real, since UMPC Fever spotted one in Osaka, Japan. Most of the netbook’s specs look pretty much par for the course. It has a 10.2 inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, […]