ASUS USB 2.0 White External Slim CD / DVD Re-Writer Mac OS Compatible Model SDRW-08D2S-U

Pros: Incredibly small. Like, really small. You'd be able to fit this anywhere. It's also fast. My wife and I have been using it and we haven't noticed any speed difference at all with a standard drive. Finally, even though it comes with a secondary USB just for power, it runs just fine off of one port on my wife's ultra-tiny, $200 netbook. Basically, this is everything you could possibly need or want in an external drive.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Hooked it up, works great. Does what I need it to.

Cons: Takes up two usb ports, which is not stated anywhere in item details that I could see

Overall Review: I purchased this item for my girlfriend because she purchased a Sony Vaio all in one touch computer from newegg, and she failed to realize there was no disc drive on it until she went to burn a cd. Funny right?

Pros: Lightweight and portable.

Cons: Hunts like a maniac.

Overall Review: I purchased my Asus over a year ago when my laptop DVD writer became more and more conspicuous. This thing is much more reliable than most laptop drives. Having said that I am starting to notice incredibly long seek times. Media Monkey takes almost 10 minutes to list the songs on a dvd disk. I'll admit a there is a substantial difference between a DVD and a CD but come on. Cleaning the drive results in no measurable improvement.

Pros: Plug and Play USB; Easy to set up

Cons: When you have a CD inserted you have to eject the CD from the Windows OS; not from the physical eject button

Pros: * Stylish slim design. * Includes additional utility disk that includes disk encryption and burning software. * A fairly quiet drive during operation. * Current pricing makes it an affordable purchase.

Cons: * Gloss finish really shows the fingerprints. * Data cable end that plugs into computer's USB port could have a tighter fit. On my newer Thinkpad the plug has a little looseness in the USB ports so the laptop has difficulty recognizing the drive unless I put a little upward tension on the cable. The same ports have a snug plug fit when using my wireless mouse or external hard drive and no tensioning is needed. On my other Thinkpad, the cable has a little wiggle, but no connection problems.

Overall Review: * I was primarily looking for a low cost drive to do occasional hard drive images of my laptops. Since two of my laptops lacked an optical drive, I needed an external optical drive to boot my imaging software for backups to an external hard drive. Overall the drive perform well except for the cable problem on the one Thinkpad which is only two months old. * Although it isn't a deal breaker, it would have been nice if a carry case was included for storage. Nothing fancy, a simple vinyl pouch with a velco flap would have been a nice additional for storing the drive and cable when not in use.

Pros: Lightweight, Portable, Looks Very Sleek and sexy, Pretty Quiet, good price point.

Cons: Not as fast as a internal SATA DVD drive there is a noticeable diffrence.

Overall Review: Regardless of it being a tad slower, it gets the job done nonetheless. Also, it is very convenient to have on your desk, instead of having to reach down to your comp and what not. A great drive, for a good price.

Pros: On my Win 10 Pro 64 bit laptop I only had to plug it in; no driver install before hand.

Cons: N/A

Pros: simple plug and play compact uses dual usb slot, one for data, one for power

Cons: Dead. I never dropped it or abused it. Literally inserted cd, installed software from cd and then after the computer did it's usual restart, I couldn't eject cd and drive was inoperable. I double checked the wired with an exteral hdd that used the same type of port and it works fine so I eliminated possibility of faulty usb cable. I even used another type of cable to double check but still nothing.

Overall Review: Purchased 2/11/2015