Laptops with a DVD drive aren't common, but they do exist, and some perform well, for a decent price. Consumer Reports picks models from Dell, HP, and Lenovo.

Here are the best laptops with CD-DVD drives. Whether you've collected a huge library of DVDs that you want to watch on your computer or have some install discs, you're going to need an optical drive.

27-inch Lenovo ThinkCentre M90a Pro Gen 6 offers on-device personal AI. TechRadar Pro. It's 2025 and yes, you can add a DVD drive (and three SSDs) to Lenovo's answer to Apple's 27-inch iMac.