The version 7 of Nero was one of the most important iterations as it came with an outstanding number of features in a period when optical media was in its prime. Even though the world has been witnessing a relentless and fairly painless death of the optical drive, there are few out there who are still relying on this oldschool type of physical storage.įor most of us, it's almost common sense to remember Nero when thinking about CD/DVD authoring software. A lot of time had passed since the year 1997 when the first version of Nero was rolled out by the Nero AG company.