Many manufacturers offer ________ as optional equipment when purchasing a new laptop.

• A. Optical Drives
• B. USB Hubs
• C. Graphics Cards
• D. Case Fans

Answer: (A)

Opening up the idea of optional add-ons for a laptop, the feature most commonly offered as part of a configured purchase is the optical drive. Manufacturers historically provided CD/DVD drives as an extra you could include if you needed disc-read or write capability, either as a slim internal drive or an external unit. Other options listed don’t fit the pattern as well: USB hubs are generic peripherals you typically buy separately after the fact; graphics cards in laptops aren’t usually offered as a configurable upgrade at purchase because most laptops use fixed or soldered GPUs, with upgrades not practical for most models; and case fans are internal cooling components not marketed as optional equipment when you buy a laptop. So the best choice reflects the historical practice of offering optical drives as an add-on.