[citation][nom]Wolley74[/nom]You want to know why DVD drives are still around? I would love to see the average download speed in the US, because i know it isn't remotely close to 32 MB/s, which is pretty fast for "obsolete" tech[/citation]
If you're implying this is faster than sharing files over the net, then you can't just compare the read/write speed to network bandwidth. You have to spend time acquiring the discs, writing them, and then actually physically getting them to whomever.
The most that's ever going to fit on a DVD is 8.5GB. The average bandwidth in the U.S. is 5.8Mbps. That means the average person in the U.S. can download a DL-DVD worth of info in a little over 3 hours. For someone with a moderate connection such as myself (and probably most Apple users, since they are willing to pay a premium for things) the bandwidth is something more like 24Mbps, cutting that download time to 48 minutes. So, how much time are you going to cut out by burning a disc instead, and is the money spent on the discs and transport to the recipient worth it?
Also, if speed is really the issue, USB 2.0 flash drives are twice as fast as burning a disc at 60MBps, and USB 3.0 nearly 20 times as fast at 0.5GBps, all without the risk of a bad burn.