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    About external optical drives

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by JLucas, Aug 17, 2010.

  1. JLucas

    JLucas Notebook Enthusiast

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    A couple questions. sorry if I seem like a noob. But I want to buy an external drive to upload disks and whatnot to my future m11x. Do basically any kinds work the same with every laptop? Eg; do I have to get a specific kind to work the best way on the m11x. Also, if anyone has any recommendations of their own external optical drives (or ones they've heard of) I would like to know =)

    Thanks
     
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    Bily42 Notebook Consultant

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    LITE-ON 8X DVD+R USB Black 8X External Top Load DVD/CD Burner Model eTAU208-96 LightScribe Support

    This comes with a short usb cable which fits in a slot under the drive - very slick so when traveling I don't have to worry about taking a cable for my Passport USB drive since this works for that...heck, the short cable would work with my Zaurus pda and my mp3 player too. Works with Windows 7 perfectly.
    I happened to find it for $39.99 with free shipping.
    Be sure you get the model #eZTAU208-96 if you want the Light Scribe.
    It comes in white too.
    Edit: It came with a Linux driver disk and I successfully installed the drivers and got it to work on my Linux Asus EEE PC.
     
    Bily42, Aug 17, 2010
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  5. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    The Samsung External DVD Writer linked by BrotherGA2 works perfectly for me, I'd definitely recommend it to any M11x user.
     
    Bendak, Aug 17, 2010
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    GNandGS Notebook Deity

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    I'm using the Dell branded one. No complaints.
     
    GNandGS, Aug 17, 2010
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