Hi Judith, I would read that to mean that it will write to CDRW media, (CDR & CDRW), and read DVD. That is the most common type of combo units these days. Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> See my Anti-Virus pages ~ http://virusinfo.hackfix.org *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 09/07/2002 at 2:41 PM Trabar wrote: Does this mean in the specs -- this laptop burns CDs and DVDs? Modular 8x/8x/24x CDRW and 8x DVD combo drive Judith Free eBooks & so much more! http://www.agoodread.com To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/