James Wetterau <jwjr@name.net> writes:

> Sorry if this question is a bit ignorant, but my understanding is that
> a lot of laptops now come with DVD drives in lieu of CDs, and the
> drive can read either CDs or DVDs.  At minimum, I would want to be
> able to read CDs.

My Sony laptop has a DVD, and it just works for CDs.  I can even look
at the file names on a DVD (since most have an ISO9660 filesystem as
well as the newer flavor) but reading the files isn't always possible.

--Michael