Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

Seeing as how just about every CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, etc. drive has a headphone jack...I'd like to know just how to put it to use! Is it as simple as starting it up with WMP or just the plain ol' CD ...