Optical DriveWell Graham, I haven't looked at the site, but what you are being offered here looks like a choice of between CD, DVD and Blu Ray drives. I guess its just part of configuring the machine for what you want it to do. Maybe other choices include more RAM, a choice of monitor, etc? Probably the basic configuration of the machine would include a CD reader/writer, with DVD or Blu Ray being extras you can opt to pay more for. I'll take a look at the site. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of G Ward Sent: 06 August 2006 1:57PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Optical Drive Ray so am I correct in thinking I will need to buy this separate from the base unit? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: 06 August 2006 13:47 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Optical Drive I suppose Graham 'optical drive' is generally being used to describe any drive using a laser head. the Blu Ray option is interesting as I don't know how plentiful these are just now, although chances are that having a blu Ray drive fitted would be a fair bit extra, but from the ads I've seen for Blu Ray discs you get a 25GB storage capacity. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of G Ward Sent: 06 August 2006 1:39PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Optical Drive Hi All I am looking to buy a new PC and on the spec it talks about optical drive can anybody tell me what this is Do I need to buy it separate or not. It is from comet and in the ad is says Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs Choose an optical drive that suits your needs. CDs are great for albums, DVDs are great for large data back-ups and movies. Look for Blu-Ray and HD DVD drives which are the latest technology and give far more storage - great for high definition content & data back-ups 2nd optical drive Not featured Cheers Graham