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Originally Posted by HarryT
I suspect the reason is that which has already been stated: that DVD drives are increasingly rare on modern laptops (I don't have a DVD drive on any of my three current laptops), and hence paying a licence fee for the DVD codec on every copy of Windows is money that's largely wasted.
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Mine are the exact opposite. I have 3 laptops and all of them have a DVD player though they get rarely used. Only one has an actual DVD for reloading the software and aside from the OS etc. Most of the programs get loaded via broadband.
Not to say I don't use DVD's, My wife's desktop is her work (at home) machine and its connected to a larger monitor and a surround sound system and we will get movies via Redox and Netflix. Even those I play using VLC.
They are on their way out though, just not right away.