Does it include the housing for the optical drive to make it an external one?
1614001
No, that is not included with this kit. OWC sells such a kit as a separate product.
1614002
No it does not. But they have many inexpensive options available. I purchased one for just that reason. Bought the cheapest one OWC had and it is fine. Not durable, but fine for the seldom use it will get from me.
1674680
Yes it is :) It comes in the box. On a side note you should know that this model does not come with an optical (DVD) drive built in. So you will need to buy an external one.
656312
You'll have to have an extrenal CD/or DVD drive to do the installation. You can buy one on Amazon for a very small price. After that, you will NOT need to have the external optical drive plugged in.
2094295
It does not include one. It has two bays that are 5.25 inches wide that you can purchase an optical drive for.
2019827
Yes, most external optical drives are USB driven, it's as simple as plugging it in and downloading any needed software.
227896
It doesn't have an optical drive but you can simply buy an external USB one which is what I did.
701336
No. You can however use an external drive. Unless you need the optical drive a lot don't go with this case. But if the optical drive is something you can work without than this case is just plain amazing. The room to do the wiring is exceptional, its quiet even when doing gaming, and it just an amazing case to work with and looks beautiful. In the end its up to you if you want the optical drive, but you can always go for a external drive if you do use it once in a while.
410663
No. Theres NO optical drive. A bit disappointing. I picked up an external for 30 bucks that was also blu ray.
133601
No this internal drive is for a tower system with a SATA port. you will most likely need a USB external optical drive.
2196380
I highly doubt it has an internal disc drive. I don't remember because I returned it so quickly, because it was so painfully slow. It might have an external.
52805
There is no optical drive on this unit. You would have to purchase an external. Yes, it does have USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports for an external.
701338
No this case doesn't support an internal optical drive. I have this case an I use an external optical drive for it. The case is amazing though!
1309611
No, it does not have an optical drive (dvd-r-rw). However, you can purchase an external optical drive that connect to the USB port for about $40.
2113761
No, no optical drive at all and no space for one. I picked up a Samsung USB DVD drive for about thirty dollars on Amazon. That does the job and is very thin to match this laptop.
1331227
No. I believe you can purchase an adapter for the optical drive location and place a second HDD in there. This will replace your current optical drive of course, so you would have to decide if that's something you can live without or you could purchase an external optical drive.
850482
Hi, Yes it comes with a DVDRW (R DL) / DVD-RAM fixed optical drive. Thanks, PCrush
1591565
No optical drive, it does have USB 3.0 however. I think k you can get an external optical drive for pretty cheap on Amazon. This one looks like a good choicehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DBV28TG?cache=3a045be90ec2006237e367be92fca0a1&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1405034895&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1