Addonics Pocket DVD/CDRW II - CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo
Targus USB 2.0 DVD-ROM/CD-RW Slim External Combo Drive
Total Micro MICRO-CDRW - CD-RW drive - Hi-Speed USB - 40x
HP 436952-001-E1 Slim CD-RW/ DVD Drive
BUSlink External USB 2.0 CD-RW Drive with 52x Write, 24x Rewrite
Many net-books and other small format computers today ship without internal optical drives. However, there are plenty of good optical drives available in an external drive from factor for easy interface with these small notebooks. These drives will let you nbot only read digital media, but write to it too. Which of these external CDRW drives do you like best?
Macally Phr-100ac Firewire/usb 2.0 3.5-inch Ata Hard Drive Enclosure
AXIOM USB 2.0 to SATA Hard Drive Enclosure
Extra external hard drives are very useful for expanding your computer's capacity to store and retrieve digital data, but when you start to acquire a number of them, they quickly turn into a messy jumble of cases and ables on your desk. Thankfully, many hard disk manufacturers now produce stackable hard drive enclosures that allow you to turn your mess of cables and drives into a neat-looking tower of storage expanding power. Which of these great stackable hard drive enclosures do you like the best?
HP DVD Writer Dvd300e - DVD+RW drive - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394
Samsung SE-S084C - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive
PLEXTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model PX-880SA LightScribe
Iomega SuperSlim DVD Portable Writer - DVD±RW (±R DL)
With modern applications requiring so much disk space, and modern media files getting larger with every passing quarter, it's good to be able to take some of your data off your hard drive by making a backup copy onto a writable DVD. Which of these great DVD writers do you like best for storing data off the computer, in a rewritable optical format?
Rosewill USB 2.0 External DVD Writer Model ROD-EX003-LS
Gear Head 24XDVDINTLS DVD-Writer - Internal Dvd-ram/-r/-rw 24X 6X 16X
LITE-ON USB Black 8X External Top Load DVD/CD Burner Model eTAU208
LaCie Portable DVD±Reader / Writer with USB Interface
Sony optiarc lightscribe DVD burner 24x AD-7241S-bk
Lightscribe is a handy feature that allows some modern DVD writing drives to double as disc labelers, using the data burning laser to etch classy designs on to the front of discs that have been treated with lightscribe's special coating. Which of these combination writing and labeling drives would you most like to connect to your computer for making DVDs with flashy labels?
StarBase USB 2.0 Wireless LAN 802.11g High Gain WiFi Adapter
Rosewill RNX-G1W USB 2.0 Wireless White Dongle with External
CNET CWL-906 Long Range Wireless-N USB Adapter with 5DBI Antenna
MvixUSA WIRELESS N USB ADAPTER w/5DBI ANTENNA MS811X
Hiro H50193 802.11n Wireless USB Network Adapter
While many netbooks these days come bundled with wireless adapters built in, these internal sensors can have trouble picking up very weak wireless signals. If you want to be sure you can pick up all signals broadcasting inside your range (and even some that aren't) you'll need an external USB wireless antenna.Which of these antennas do you like the best for pulling in a weak signal?
FreeAgent 500 GB External hard drive - 800Mbps(FireWire800)
Maxtor OneTouch 750 GB External hard drive - 800Mbps(FireWire800)
Firewire 800 is a nice, fast serial port standard, and if you have the right ports for it on your computer, you can connect to specialized external hard drives at blazing fast speeds. The standard is definitely more prevalent in the Mac world, while PCs are much more likely to use the USB standard. Which of these great Firewire 800 hard drives do you like the best?
StarTech.com 1 Port PCI Ultra Wide SCSI Controller Adapter
Toshiba SCSI-UPG UPG SCSI Card for All Surv 8+CH
39160 Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Card with 68-Pin External SCSI
Before SATA became the de facto standard, computers used to interface with large, high-speed drives using a SCSI interface. These large, multi-pin interconnects provided significant bandwidth and robust reliability. Because they are phasing out of popularity, you can find large old disc arrays for sale cheap, but then you will need a SCSI card to allow your computer to use them. Which of these SCSI cards would you use?
Roland SONIC-CELL Sound Module w/ USB Audio & Midi
M-Audio Midisport 1x1 - MIDI adapter - USB - External
M-AUDIO Fast Track Pro 4 x 4 Mobile USB Audio/MIDI Interface
MIDI is the standard interface for digitally enabled musical instruments, while USB remains the most common peripheral interface standard for digital computers. Logically, a MIDI to USB bridge would make sense for musicians who want to use their legacy instruments with today's modern computer music authoring software. Which of these MIDI to USB interfaces do you like the best?
Buffalo MediaStation 12x External USB 3.0 Blu-ray Writer
An external Blu Ray burner makes it easy for one to backup many gigabytes of data onto removable optical media. The benefit of an external drive is that you can easily move it from one computer to the next, ensuring that you can access your optical media and backup routines on all sorts of different platforms. Which of these great external Blu Ray burners do you like the best?
