Not regularly, no, just something I want to have available. Here are some things I still use an optical drive for:

    - ripping CDs of rare or out-of-print music.
    - burning CDs/DVDs of photos for friends who don't have a USB drive.
    - reading old CDs I have, like a CD of BeOS.

But I use it infrequently enough that maybe a peripheral is the way to go.