Laptop CD burners - removable, external, internal drives?

[pump]

Does anyone know of cd-rw drives for laptops? I want to get a latptop with a cd-rw, but what kind is the best; removable or external drive? I haven't seen any laptops around with one built-in (except maybe acer). Anyone know of any?

 

[Homerboy]

my suggestion?
if you r laptop has USB, then get a standard 5" bay CDRW and get a IDE to SB converter external box... then you have a portalable CDRW that you can use on your laptop when needed....

 

[zippy]

Or he could just get a regular external USB burner...

Or a scsi PCMCIA card and a scsi burner.

Or a burner that comes with his laptop.

 

[Mday]

i would definitely recommend a usb version in this case. unless you can afford SCSI (adapter and all).

 

[randypj]

I would recommend the Mitsumi 4802TU or 4804TU (I think they have this) USB. I believe they write RAW. I believe Pacific Digital also rebadges the 4802TU. My Dad has one and is very satisfied with it.
--Randy

 

[PCAddict]

Gateway's Solo 9300 does have a drive bay that can accomodate a CD-RW drive. Look for the drive to be available in a few months.

Your other option is USB, as others have noted in above posts.

 

[Gunbuster]

One of the sony lappys has a built in CDRW, but you will pay 3k+ for that baby