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Jul 27, 2016 12:36 PM in response to somechickby OGELTHORPE,I have yet to see such a product. Understand that the optical drive would still need power from either a wire connection to AC power or a battery. There is no 'free lunch' in that regard.
I think you will have to accept what is available at this time.
Ciao.
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Jul 27, 2016 12:46 PM in response to somechickby Phil0124,There have been a few attempts at wireless optical drives but none that have ever really made it to release stage:
The following 2 from 2011 and 2013 never saw the light of day as far as I know
I think for now, a wired optical drive is all that is available.
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Jul 27, 2016 2:46 PM in response to somechickby Michael Black,Samsung came out with one several years ago and I think it is still available. But it sells (or at least sold for) 2x to 5x that of most good USB bus powered portable optical drives. It also got poor reviews, reportedly had terrible performance, and doesn't seem to have ever sold well, so is very hard to find.
For what it's worth, Apple's USB SuperDrive is very thin and light and works very well. At $79 it's actually leaning on the expensive side of bus powered optical drives, and their are much cheaper alternatives that work well too.
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Jul 27, 2016 8:39 PM in response to somechickby somechick,Guess Im dreaming too big. They should make one that sits on a dock to charge. Like practically everthing else these days. Took a look at Apple's drive and their cord is really short. Not much freedom of movement, seems that everything would need to be stationary while in use.
Power cord to the wall would even be fine. It could sit on my nightstand or wherever, and allow freedom to shift and move around with the computer.
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Jul 28, 2016 12:23 AM in response to Phil0124by somechick,In theory, if plugged into this gadget, wouldn't this work?
USB Reader Wireless Hard Drive/ WiFi Bridge Sharing Media Streamer
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Jul 28, 2016 12:56 AM in response to somechickby Esquared,AFAIK optical drives require to be connected to the USB port directly (at least Apple's does).
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Jul 28, 2016 4:02 AM in response to somechickby Michael Black,I think part of the problem is that optical disc and drives, as a technology, are just fading into the sunset, just like floppie drives and discs did before them. That means as a technology, they are not on any company's tech or product development agenda.
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Jul 29, 2016 2:41 AM in response to Michael Blackby somechick,You are right, from a productivity standpoint, there's no sense in pouring energy into them. Only drawback, digital dependency enables the monopoly of internet service providers. Gives them too much power in my opinion.