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I've finally recieved my new laptop at work, a Dell latitude 100L. It was supposed to have a dvd re-writer, but has been delivered with just a cd re-writer & a dvd player.
After a bit of (light) arguing with the IT department, I'm going to have to make do with this one.

With my old (very old!) laptop I had an external (USB?) caddy type thing which housed a cd re-writer. Can I buy a dvd re-writer & put it in the same external caddy? (Obviously after removing the cd-re-writer).

If I can do the above, is there any particular specfication/make that I should go for.

This query may be painfully simple for many ofyou, but I really am a begginer with all this type of thing.

It depends on if your current external bay is USB2 or USB1.1. If its USB1.1 it'll probably be slow to handle writing DVDs gracefully (if at all). It'd probably be best just get a complete external DVD writer unit.

I'll leave the brand names and stuff to someone else. I'm too far away from your market to comment properly on that.

hallucienate wrote: I'm too far away ...

Mentally? Yes, so quit whilst you're ahead.

And sorry, GIRAR is rocking the walls and suprise, suprise I do actually like it.

Loki wrote:And sorry, GIRAR is rocking the walls and suprise, suprise I do actually like it.

You've got kids, so maybe you're used to whining. I don't and I'm not. (pick a meaning)

hallucienate wrote:It depends on if your current external bay is USB2 or USB1.1. If its USB1.1 it'll probably be slow to handle writing DVDs gracefully (if at all). It'd probably be best just get a complete external DVD writer unit.

I'll leave the brand names and stuff to someone else. I'm too far away from your market to comment properly on that.

Cheers.

I will check my existing USB for compatibility

in case it helps...


http://www.iomega-europe.com/eu/en/prod ... ly_en.aspx

oops, the DVD link is here -

http://www.iomega-europe.com/eu/en/prod ... ly_en.aspx

I have a laptop with cd-rewriter/dvd player and wanted a dvd re-writer for video editing purposes. I bought an external USB 2 version by Emprex for £80 from PC World. It's 16x, dual layer burner and its been great. It has some excellent software with it too. I recommend.