Fine with me, that's how I do my installs. The only thing I use my optical drive for these days is installing DRM protected games.

I hear Ninja sharpen the edges and use them for Shuriken.

MilesAhead said:

I hear Ninja sharpen the edges and use them for Shuriken.

You can also hang them in the window, so birds don't fly into it and break there necks(that's what cats are for)

Cliff S said:

You can also hang them in the window, so birds don't fly into it and break there necks(that's what cats are for)

I thought you were going to say hang them in the doorway like beads in a fortune teller's house.

waltc said:

Except that the last line of the article kills the whole thing:

That said, this isn’t the final farewell for DVDs: you’ll still be able to buy Windows 10 on DVD.

Yea, I mean why use a much less expensive DVD disk to store backup software when you can spend more for a USB thumb drive?

Depends on how many DVD's your using. I'd much rather have it all on one thumb drive than 2, 3 or more DVD's. Thumb drives aren't that expensive anyway. Not in the smaller sizes. DVD's are a lot easier to damage too. And just about every PC on the planet has at least one USB port. It's a lot easier to carry a thumb drive in your laptop bag than a bunch of DVD's. It's also a lot easier to redo whats on the thumb drive over and over and over. DVD, burn once, throw away. I will agree, if all you need is one DVD for long term storage it's a good option.

Modern flash drives make the installation much faster than the old DVDs.

MilesAhead said:

I thought you were going to say hang them in the doorway like beads in a fortune teller's house.

Only when they're sharpened by a ninja!

swarfega said:

Modern flash drives make the installation much faster than the old DVDs.