Showerthought: two years ago every shop had a shelf of driver CDs, now it's a QR code sticker on the case

Cora Palmer · 2026-09-18T15:50:02.389249+00:00

I opened a tower on my bench in Boise and realized I have not touched an optical drive for a driver install since 2022, since almost every board maker just points you at a download page now, so has anyone else basically stopped stocking discs and just keeps a USB stick with the Wi-Fi driver handy?

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