ERD50
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
In the not too distant future, DW will need to replace her aging MacBook Pro. She uses it to surf the web, check email, and watching a lot of Netflix DVDs(*). Her MacBook has a built in DVD drive, so it's convenient, and she likes watching movies this way, she often does needlepoint while the movie is on, and she just glances back/forth from the needlepoint to the nearby screen.
Newer Macs (or Chromebooks, another alternative for her) don't include a built-in DVD drive. You can get an external for $30, but who wants that dangling at the end of a cord? I haven't found anyone offering some sort of 'snap on' mount for an external DVD. I would think this would be a common 'want'?
Sure, I can do Velcro, but looking for something a bit classier.
You can still find Windows laptops with built in DVDs, so that's another option - I'd just install Linux over it, like my computers (I'm not a Windows fan). Should do everything she wants.
So, is anyone aware of any convenient physical mounting system for a DVD drive. Since "mount" and "attach" are also used to describe the electrical/software connection, searching isn't helping. HP made a modular stacking DVD drive for their small box computer (looks like a Mac Mini) back in 2016, that's all I find.
(*) And don't say "DVDs?" Many of the series she watches are not available streaming on Netflix, so a DVD player is a must. She streams other stuff, so it's not a "stuck in the 1990's thing".
TIA -ERD50
Newer Macs (or Chromebooks, another alternative for her) don't include a built-in DVD drive. You can get an external for $30, but who wants that dangling at the end of a cord? I haven't found anyone offering some sort of 'snap on' mount for an external DVD. I would think this would be a common 'want'?
Sure, I can do Velcro, but looking for something a bit classier.
You can still find Windows laptops with built in DVDs, so that's another option - I'd just install Linux over it, like my computers (I'm not a Windows fan). Should do everything she wants.
So, is anyone aware of any convenient physical mounting system for a DVD drive. Since "mount" and "attach" are also used to describe the electrical/software connection, searching isn't helping. HP made a modular stacking DVD drive for their small box computer (looks like a Mac Mini) back in 2016, that's all I find.
(*) And don't say "DVDs?" Many of the series she watches are not available streaming on Netflix, so a DVD player is a must. She streams other stuff, so it's not a "stuck in the 1990's thing".
TIA -ERD50
Last edited: