Pioneer Electronics USA Retail Slim DVD/RW Writer DVR-XD10S5PK

Bought this at a Best Buy store for $60 (needed it ASAP).

I like that it is a clamshell style, not a drawer-style, to open. (drawers seem to add unecessary complexity for an external drive.

It comes with a cable to plug into 2 USB ports, though I haven't needed the second port to access CDs. (just using it one night). I believe this second plug is merely to draw extra power, if necessary.

I'm using it on a MacBook Pro from 2008. I haven't tried burning with it, but read seems to be just fine.

The Software that came bundled with mine (NERO) is for Windows only. But the hardware works just fine on my Mac.

Plays and burns discs just fine. One usb connection will work fine. One minor point about this design is that the open button on the top, requires usb connection before you can open up the clamshell. If you really need to open it without plugging usb, there is a button to pull and manually open the clamshell lid. I find it strange that they design it that way. Slim square design is simple but extremely portable. Some other brands design them to be curved shaped. I find it unnecessary if I want to minimize space usage. It plays and burns fairly quiet.

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Am using with Windows XP laptop after built-in drive stopped working. Looks more slick than expected from pictures, and has been working great with reading CDs and DVDs and writing CDs (I have not yet needed to write a DVD). Is quite compared to past drives I've used, can tell when it's working but no obnoxious noise like with other drives I've used, even at full speed. Has been working fine with just one of the two USB plugs provided, and the top-open design is nice and convenient to use while not having to worry about keeping space clear in front of it as with a slide-out.

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This DVD/WR Writer is extremely lithe and thin. Excellent for use in ultrabooks or netbooks that didn't have optical drive.

The only problem is my Ubuntu 11 didn't recognize the device and I am searching for a Linux driver for it. Since I have due boot feature with my ultrabook, I can always boot up Windows to copy files over.

I am pretty confident that I will be able to locate a linux driver for this device soon.

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Had purchased 2 others that didnt work on arrival and sent them back.

I decided to try this top loading Pioneer and it works perfectly. I

didnt bother to load the Nero that came with it. I just plugged it

into my DLink powered USB hub and the computer recognized it immediately.

Its fairly quiet and smooth running.Works great on burning DVD-R videos.

It was shipped in only a padded envelope which I thought pretty stupid,

but it arrived in one piece. A UPS miracle.

UPDATE: 5/10/2012. I spoke to soon. Lately DVD's are "skipping".

Tried different brand, same problem. Oh well!!

More Chinese crap. Sent it back.

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