[dhs12345]

Older computers still require a floppy disk for OS installation. Had to buy a usb floppy drive a couple of years ago.

[Vigilanteman]

As did I. Nice that they are still available for around $20. There are things I like about the 3.5” floppy. Durability and ease/cheapness of mailing for one thing. The CDs require about $2.10 extra for postage, case and padded mailing envelope. Yeah, you can send them in a plain envelope and take a chance that they won't get there intact . . . or will be stolen. But NOBODY steals 3.5” floppies.

[angry elephant]

It struck me as odd some years ago when I upgraded to Win 7 64 bit it would not take just any exterior CD drive. I had to buy a Samsung CD to get it to work because Samsung had developed the new drivers.

But my 20 year old exterior floppy drive worked with the new program. So perhaps some of that is going on, floppy drives survive the updates and require no new drivers.