Mac laptops with CD drive are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Apple has been steadily phasing out the optical disc drive from its laptops for a few years now. The first MacBook to ship without a built-in CD drive was the MacBook Air in 2008. The MacBook Pro followed suit in 2012. The only Mac laptop that currently comes with a built-in CD drive is the Mac mini.

So why is Apple doing this? There are a few reasons. The first is that sales of CDs and DVDs have been declining for years. The second is that with …