On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > > DVD burners, at $39 or so new, are pretty much disposable. i find most > burners are good for a few 100 disks then become less reliable. > True, but it's still a PITA to install and remove them, and external drives cost more (yeah, I'm /that/ cheap :-). mhr