External DVD Drive, DEEPOW USB 3.0 Slim External CD DVD Drive, Portable External CD Drive/ Writer/ Burner/ Reader/ Player for Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Support Windows 7/ 8/ 10/ XP/ Vista/ Mac OS
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Guilbert53:
We don't know how old Jack's laptop is. If it's fairly recent it will support USB 3.0, whereas your link only goes to a USB 2.0 drive. So he might need to seek out a 3.0 model.
However if it's an older laptop, only supporting USB 2.0, then your suggestion from Curry's is fine. Argos also have a decent USB 2.0 model at a reasonable price:
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6268279
It's 6 months old. This is the model but it says nothing about 2.0 or 3.0 USB.
HP Stream 14-ax002na 14-inch HD Laptop (Violet Purple) - (Intel Celeron N3060, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 1 TB OneDrive and Office 365, 1 Year Subscription I
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Yes I saw it was USB 2.0 only, but could not find a quality brand that was USB 3.0. Anyway, it was only an example
However I doubt the extra speed of USB 3.0 will make much different for a DVD drive, the extra speed for USB 3.0 is mainly for moving large volumes of data between hard disks or PCs.
A USB 2.0 DVD drive will be fine for the volume of data that is being moved on a DVD.
I'm afraid you've lost me. I don't understand the concept of USB 3.0 and 2.0. All I want it for is to play the occasional CD or perhaps DVD, nothing else. Would the one in my OP be suitable for that purpose?
Your laptop has got two USB 3.1 ports and one USB 2.0 port, Jack.
As G53 says, the transfer speed with a DVD re-writer probably isn't that important anyway though (because you're limited by the speed at which a CD or DVD can be burned).
Thank you, Chico, that's all I wanted to know. I am not interested in burning discs or transferring large amounts of data. Just one little thing; you may remember that I posted a while back about the trouble I was having with Window 10 updates and low disk space. Would the installation of this device cure that issue without me having to do anything apart from plug it in?
Sorry, there's no easy way to improve on the capacity of the 'embedded memory' (= 'pseudo-hard drive') on your laptop. Adding a CD drive will have no effect whatsoever.