External CD drive?

Wanted to ask you whether an external CD drive is possible for all notebooks / laptops? Or does the CD drive and the laptop have to be the same brand?

The U of USB is written out as Universal. So if you have USB, you can also connect an external CD drive.

No, that doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is that the drive can do what you need, for example if you want to burn cds you need a dvd burner

Besides, if the connection is correct, your notebook only has usb c then an adapter for a few euro would not be bad because these drives usually have usb but are also available ex works with usb c

No problem. It just has to be one that you connect via USB. For example that: https://www.amazon.de/...07PVYWYC2/

It's even a DVD burner. It can be used to burn and read DVDs and CDs.

For burning, I recommend this burning software: https://www.ashampoo.com/de/eur/pin/5910/brenn-software/burning-studio-2021

Well, my brand new HP laptop has a DVD burner.

But otherwise… Allse runs over USB. Simply connect the cable and it's running It can be different with Apple.

The only requirement is a suitable connection on the device. E.g. USB or USBc

the external drive is usually handled like a usb stick etc.