When is the last time you used your CD/DVD/whatever-ROM drive?

[burhanr]

Well, when?

I mean,
-Games are pretty cheap in steam, and you dont have to swap the cd if you want to switch games. Also.. *cough file hosting websites have a pretty good download speed these days, if you know what i mean.
-Most softwares that you really need to use are now available from/on the internet(google docs, skype).
-People who buy music (hah, thats a good one), would most likely bought it from itunes. LOL at popping an album cd just to hear it.
-[moar generic statement on how cd/dvd/whatever-rom drive is obsolete]

 

[kayisking]

Well, when?

I mean,
-Games are pretty cheap in steam, and you dont have to swap the cd if you want to switch games. Also.. *cough file hosting websites have a pretty good download speed these days, if you know what i mean.
-Most softwares that you really need to use are now available from/on the internet(google docs, skype).
-People who buy music (hah, thats a good one), would most likely bought it from itunes. LOL at popping an album cd just to hear it.
-[moar generic statement on how cd/dvd/whatever-rom drive is obsolete]

We do not tollerate pirates on the escapist.

 

[Irridium]

Quite a bit. Since retail PC games like to only start with the DVD in the drive. Because the game I bought might turn into a pirated version, I guess. I don't know.

 

[navyjeff]

Yesterday. Stupid Hauppauge WinTV software CD check...

 

[Irridium]

Well, when?

I mean,
-Games are pretty cheap in steam, and you dont have to swap the cd if you want to switch games. Also.. *cough file hosting websites have a pretty good download speed these days, if you know what i mean.
-Most softwares that you really need to use are now available from/on the internet(google docs, skype).
-People who buy music (hah, thats a good one), would most likely bought it from itunes. LOL at popping an album cd just to hear it.
-[moar generic statement on how cd/dvd/whatever-rom drive is obsolete]

We do not tollerate pirates on the escapist.

How is he a pirate? He's just making a joke about people not buying CD's, and says most just use iTunes.

All the other stuff he mentioned are legitimate things.

 

[Shymer]

I have a very thin and poor Internet connection. I still rely on hard media for the most part. There was a radio programme asking whether anyone still has a CD collection. I am just organising my C90 tapes ready to throw them out. My CD collection is still large. And I still use VHS.

I suspect I am a little behind the curve. Just my age I suppose.

 

[kayisking]

Well, when?

I mean,
-Games are pretty cheap in steam, and you dont have to swap the cd if you want to switch games. Also.. *cough file hosting websites have a pretty good download speed these days, if you know what i mean.
-Most softwares that you really need to use are now available from/on the internet(google docs, skype).
-People who buy music (hah, thats a good one), would most likely bought it from itunes. LOL at popping an album cd just to hear it.
-[moar generic statement on how cd/dvd/whatever-rom drive is obsolete]

We do not tollerate pirates on the escapist.

How is he a pirate? He's just making a joke about people not buying CD's, and says most just use iTunes.

All the other stuff he mentioned are legitimate things.

I'm talking about the "file-hosting sites" that he mentions.

 

[Arluza]

About 30 minutes ago. I have the GotY edition of Oblivion.

 

[Pat8u]

arggh a priate we do not like you and your kin here (well some people do)

OT: Yay for download caps I usally buy retail games so yea right around yesterday
and I had to install all the pokemon series onto my computer by disc

.... Im still angry about the priate thing

 

[teebeeohh]

i buy most of my games, but only use the cd once to install the game and register it on steam.

 

[Irridium]

Well, when?

I mean,
-Games are pretty cheap in steam, and you dont have to swap the cd if you want to switch games. Also.. *cough file hosting websites have a pretty good download speed these days, if you know what i mean.
-Most softwares that you really need to use are now available from/on the internet(google docs, skype).
-People who buy music (hah, thats a good one), would most likely bought it from itunes. LOL at popping an album cd just to hear it.
-[moar generic statement on how cd/dvd/whatever-rom drive is obsolete]

We do not tollerate pirates on the escapist.

How is he a pirate? He's just making a joke about people not buying CD's, and says most just use iTunes.

All the other stuff he mentioned are legitimate things.

I'm talking about the "file-hosting sites" that he mentions.

Oh yeah. Must have missed that...

Well in that case, yeah, screw you pirate.

 

[Pat8u]

I have a very thin and poor Internet connection. I still rely on hard media for the most part. There was a radio programme asking whether anyone still has a CD collection. I am just organising my C90 tapes ready to throw them out. My CD collection is still large. And I still use VHS.

I suspect I am a little behind the curve. Just my age I suppose.

I personally liked vhs alot better never broke as easily as dvds but they stopped making them so I had to move on

 

[Dyme]

When I installed Starcraft 2.

 

[lord.jeff]

I use CD/DVDs regularly, I still have several games on CD like Oblivion, my car plays CDs, and I burn movies a lot.

I don't think the guys a pirate, he's just making a joke.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

When I burned an album to iTunes not long ago.

 

[gCrusher]

When BRINK came out for PC. Tried installing it via the DVD, but it kept spinning up and then stopping, continuously. I tested another DVD I had lying around, Fallout 3, worked fine. Cleaned the disk, did everything I could think of, still no good.

Thankfully there was a code in the case for the Steam download, so I did that.

I still like BRINK.

 

[LimitedPunctuation]

when i installed windows.

 

[MysticToast]

Yesterday to play Bioshock

 

[TheRooster64]

when i installed windows.

Same here

 

[HooterNanny]

I would not use CDs and DVDs if I could, but stupid download caps limit my ability to download loads of games/films/music. I bought loads of games today in the Steam Summer sale, but I have to download them like, 2 weeks apart because of donload limits.

Although recently I burned a CD to my itunes library, and I played Lego Racers 2 a few days ago from a CD (Hooray nostalgia!)