Universal External CD/DVD Drive

He built-in dvd burner is getting pretty hard to find in a laptop. the oh-so-portable ultrabook category skips the optical drive to maintain super-thin profiles and to shave a few ounces off of the total weight, but the optical drive is also becoming scarce in regular laptops, where losing the dvd burner can allow for a slimmer chassis or slightly lower price. whatever the reasons, when buying a laptop today, the optical drive isn't always part of the package. but while the drives are disappearing, not everyone is transitioning to a discless world of cloud storage and usb drives. plenty of software is still bound to physical discs, and not every computer has the reliable internet connectivity needed to take advantage of the cloud. while you can rip a movie from a dvd, not everyone has the know-how to do so or the patience to convert a large dvd collection. the drives may be out of vogue, but the need for an optical drive hasn't disappeared. enter the external dvd burner. whether you