How often do you use the CD/DVD drive?

mkk · Aug 26, 2007, 10:52 PM

After realising that I haven't had my CD/DVD drives data cable connected for months I got curious how often the rest of you really use yours. Go with how you do with your main system at home, or at work/elsewhere if you don't use a computer much at home. In case you're mostly using a unit connected over a network, treat it as if it was part of your main system for this poll.

BlueMak · Aug 26, 2007, 10:57 PM

Every day. Several times per day. Though not always with different discs.

BUT, since for the last year I buy most of my games through Steam, Gamersgate or Matrix Games, the amount is definetely down than previous years.

Zelig · Aug 26, 2007, 11:03 PM

Drive 1= Almost daily, for Civ IV. The CD doesn't come out of the drive, it's the only game I have which requires the cd to play.

Drive 2= Every couple of days, for a movie.

With the installation of a game/program occuring maybe monthly at most.

Lowfat · Aug 27, 2007, 01:21 AM

In my PC's i never had an optical drive. I have a USB drive that I do use very rarely. They get used to install the OS, then install my games once (then i use a no cd crack for them).

**kris23** · Aug 27, 2007, 03:09 AM

when i had my old comp, i used it several times a day... but now, i haven't used it for several months, the drive on this laptop pisses me off.....

it just makes me mad, i dunno why...

LHC · Aug 27, 2007, 03:54 AM

USB drive here, and I dont really use it much at all, except for burning audio CD's.. maybe like once every two weeks I'll burn a new CD

PangingJr · Aug 27, 2007, 11:48 AM

Haven't used it for more than two months.
i personally don't use CD/DVD drives much any more, i prefer using hard drives more, and more and more on using a small USB drives these days.

zaim · Aug 27, 2007, 12:07 PM

I use it when I have to.

:P

niceguyrichy · Aug 27, 2007, 12:14 PM

only really to install games after a build, which I then imediately update and patch so I don't need the dvd, and to rip the occasional album if it doesn't pop up on torrents (in most cases I find it quicker and easier to simply download an album than go raking through the house looking for it, then ripping it. we have so many that most live in large cardboard boxes, so it's a pain)
so not very often at all
even my car stereo takes usb and SD, so i don't even burn cd's for the car any more .

View Poll Results: How often do you use the CD/DVD drive?
Several times a day (mostly movies)	0	0%
Several times a day (mixed usage)	4	25.00%
Several times a day (mostly software or storage)	1	6.25%
Once or twice a day	2	12.50%
A couple of times a week	2	12.50%
Less than weekly	4	25.00%
Haven't used it for a month	0	0%
Haven't used it for more than three months	2	12.50%
My system has no CD/DVD	1	6.25%
Voters: 16. This poll is closed

Aug 26, 2007, 10:52 PM	#1
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	How often do you use the CD/DVD drive? After realising that I haven't had my CD/DVD drives data cable connected for months I got curious how often the rest of you really use yours. Go with how you do with your main system at home, or at work/elsewhere if you don't use a computer much at home. In case you're mostly using a unit connected over a network, treat it as if it was part of your main system for this poll.

Aug 26, 2007, 10:57 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Every day. Several times per day. Though not always with different discs. BUT, since for the last year I buy most of my games through Steam, Gamersgate or Matrix Games, the amount is definetely down than previous years. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Aug 26, 2007, 11:03 PM	#3
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Drive 1= Almost daily, for Civ IV. The CD doesn't come out of the drive, it's the only game I have which requires the cd to play. Drive 2= Every couple of days, for a movie. With the installation of a game/program occuring maybe monthly at most. __________________ --

Aug 27, 2007, 01:21 AM	#4
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	In my PC's i never had an optical drive. I have a USB drive that I do use very rarely. They get used to install the OS, then install my games once (then i use a no cd crack for them). __________________

Aug 27, 2007, 03:09 AM	#5
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	when i had my old comp, i used it several times a day... but now, i haven't used it for several months, the drive on this laptop pisses me off..... it just makes me mad, i dunno why... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Aug 27, 2007, 03:54 AM	#6
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	USB drive here, and I dont really use it much at all, except for burning audio CD's.. maybe like once every two weeks I'll burn a new CD __________________

Aug 27, 2007, 11:48 AM	#7
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	Haven't used it for more than two months. i personally don't use CD/DVD drives much any more, i prefer using hard drives more, and more and more on using a small USB drives these days.

Aug 27, 2007, 12:07 PM	#8
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	I use it when I have to. :P __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!