
Optical drives can still be handy in 2026, though desktop and PC laptop makers very rarely offer them. So, what do you do, especially if you have a hoard of old CDs and DVDs you (in)frequently wish to access? The answer is a USB optical drive, and Amazon has just dropped an amazingly flexible Alronly-branded model by 30%, from a very reasonable $29.99 to a difficult-to-resist $20.98. It does SATA disk docking, SD card reading, and more.

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