Asus Notebook Q501 No DVD/CD Drive?
I specifically asked the employee at BestBuy if the laptop I was purchasing was capable of playing DVDs to which he replied as if it were obvious, "Of course!" A week or two later when it arrives, guess what? No DVD drive and when I searched the same product online they also mention it comes without one. Am I missing something? Is there something I need to buy? If not and I need to replace it, what should I purchase instead? I liked the Windows 8 layout and touch screen features a lot.
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There is NO optical drive on the Asus Q501.
Asus is able to keep the size (thickness) of this laptop down by excluding the optical drive as well as making the battery internal. I used to have a problem with NOT having an optical drive, as well as internal batteries, but laptops have become so much more energy efficient I no longer need to swap-out batteries in the middle of the day.
I have an (old) external USB optical drive for those rare occasions where I actually NEED one, although I rarely use them any more with USB thumb drives and SD cards carrying 32+ GB these days for cheap.
I bought this laptop several weeks ago and have absolutely fallen in love with it.
If you absolutely require a DVD drive, you can pickup a USB external for ~$40-$60, and then plug it in just when you need it.
No it doesn't no room to put it