Few Questions about CD/ DVD drives?

[aigle]

I want to know few things about CD/DVD combo optic drives of notebooks.
1- What is the average life expectency of these drives? I mean do they need to be replaced before you need to replace the laptop itself?
2- Can cheeper media storage devices( very low cost CD/ DVDs) damage the optic drive as 2- compared to the standard branded ones?
3- Excessive use of CD/DVD combo drive( eg, by playing movies or playing games which constantly use CD drive to play the game) will shorten the life of these drives?
Thanks

 

[JIG66666]

All that DEPENDS on the quality of the drive itself and quality of the media, of cource, but I think, average lifetime is neither longer, nor shorter, than usual desktop drives' lifetime.

By the way, if you use the drive very seldom, it will have a very long, but boring life C'mon, it's a drive! It should be used when you want and how long you want! :lol: