Get a plus and minus. The nex 8x's and upcoming Blue Ray (Which may just be out at $600) is pussing the -rw's out and lowering prices on burners. I would go with the latest. It is hard finding -RW's. Laptop tech is a little behind, so I could not get a + unit. Thank you, Eric Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: Cuffy10@xxxxxxx To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [CTS] Re: No CTS In a message dated 4/21/04 2:30:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx writes: I see that I can get internals now well under $100 for a DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW burner - they went down in price I've also seen them lately pushing hard at $400....... what is the diff in performance ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough .Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)