ASUS ZenDrive Ultra Slim USB 2.0 External 8X DVD Optical Drive +/-RW with M-Disc Support for Windows and Mac and Nero BackItUp for Android Devices (SDRW-08U7M-U/BLK/G/AS),Black

Kind of a slow burner but does a good job of writing to disc !

This is probably one of the best in the slim line of external dvd drives. It came with two blank discs and my win os and Mac OS recognized the drive automatically.

Literally a plug-n-play, no hassles and no complications. Im not sure if its that easy because I have an Asus PC, but I have no problem using it.

Todays computers do not come with cd/dvd drives anymore. I have a lot of software and burnt CDs/DVDs I need to access. I purchased a different external drive before this one that claimed seamless plug and play but I could not get it to work and there was no customer support. I was leery about purchasing another one, but went over my options with my son. He narrowed it down to 3 different ones, and I chose ASUS because I have had great quality and tech support with them in the past. I was not disappointed - the drive did plug and play and the drive did not need any tech support or special software to get it to work. A++ in my book.

This product has great specs, but it requires that you connect it to two powered USB ports so that it has enough power to work. It comes with a Y cable for that purpose. They dont recommend that you use it with a USB hub. This all would have been fine back when laptops had several powered USB ports on them and there were few things to hook up. These days, its an issue. Laptops have few USB ports and theres an endless number of things that connect via USB. I suppose it would be fine if you have a desktop computer with several powered USB ports available. One more thing: These powered USB ports need to be placed fairly closely together--you have to use a USB extension cable (not included) if theyre not.

It wides what it’s supposed to so far, only issue is that the disc tray gets stuck when it’s opening because the frame is bent inward so you have to pry it up to get it free

Come with 2 M disc, it come with two plug-in usb to the pc, not sure for what it is, but you can use only one if you just whanto to play movies or stuff like that

Works great! Would purchase again if need another.

The CD drive in my HP desktop was bent by some kid playing at our house. I tried an off-brand external drive from Amazon and it was very unreliable. This ASUS drive works perfectly. Plug and play ease. Fast, too.