Most laptop manufacturers do not want to follow the example of Apple, which strongly leaves out all the marketing progress of outdated technology, and after the release of new iMac monoblocks declared intentions to forget about the existence of optical disc drive.
Associates reported why Taiwan manufucluter are against extra thick drives for optical drive. For use in ultra-thin ultrabook drives have lost in size from 12.7 mm to 9.5 mm, and the most promising standard size manufacturers consider optical drives with the thickness of not more than 9 mm. The production cost of drives with case thickness 9.5 mm and 9 mm differ by less than 10%. On the other hand, the decrease in the thickness of the drive up to 7 mm or 8.5 mm would increase the cost by three or four times, not to mention the objective of technological difficulties.
Accordingly, the drive manufacturers have focused so far on the standard size 9 mm. These drives will be used in ultrathin laptops next year. Characteristically, Markets share of low-profile laptop drives this year, was down from 90% to 80%, and in the next two years will drop to 60-70%. However, this does not mean that the optical drive with a reduced thickness will be forgotten in laptops.