"Char Jackson" wrote in message
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I use CDs and DVDs every single day.

I'm sure you're not the only one, but I think you're in a declining
category of users. Very long ago, I switched to other forms of storage
for all of the things that previously called for optical discs.

I used to back up to CD-RW, when all my emails, documents etc would fit onto
one 650 MB disc (those were the days!). But it was painfully slow. Once
portable self-powered hard discs became available, I changed over to backing
up to them.

I still use CD/DVD for:

a) installing software that is supplied on CD rather than online
b) playing video DVDs
c) burning video DVDs of home movies etc for other people

On any new PC I'd still want a CD/DVD reader/writer, but I probably wouldn't
use it anywhere near as often as I used to. An external USB drive might
suffice for those times that I use it.