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Optical drive demand surges amid Windows 10 retirement — Japanese users switching to Windows 11 are buying up Blu-ray drives

Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 last week, which means an entirely new population has been forced to move to Windows 11, or be left behind. While the tech-savvy gentry can work their ...
TechSpot

While Microsoft retires Windows 10, optical drives are selling like hot cakes in Japan for some reason

WTF?! Microsoft released the final cumulative update for Windows 10 a few days ago, and some users are still deciding what to do next. The old operating system will likely continue working for years ...
TweakTown

Tech time warp: Fujitsu releases new laptops with a choice of DVD or Blu-ray drives

TL;DR: Fujitsu is reintroducing optical drives in new notebooks amidst Japan's growing demand for Windows 11 PCs that support playing physical media, as people abandon their old Windows 10 hardware ...
TweakTown

Cooler Master's new MasterBox CM695 case has a DVD and Blu-ray drive bay

TL;DR: The Cooler Master MasterBox CM695 mid-tower case combines retro design with modern features, including a 5.25-inch optical drive bay, support for large graphics cards, and multiple HDD/SSD bays ...
Ars Technica

Optical drives that will work in a vertical position?

The FIC Condor is a great small-formfactor case, no doubt about it. Only problem is that I've killed several optical drives by installing and trying to operate them in the vertical slot that is the ...