Need advice on Internal DVD/Cdrom Combo drives

I am getting a new computer. I need to know what drive(S) to get if I
want to burn and read both a dvd and cdrom.I have heard of combo drives
but do they burn and read both types of media? Also do these drives take
up 1 or 2 5 1/4 slots in the computer? Lastly, what speeds are these drives?

Thanks in advance,

BS

I have a Sony/NEC Optiarc 5170A and it works well so far for both.
The first one I bought ended up with the lasering burning out after
only a couple of writes. The replacement I got from the shop is
working great. Keep in mind that you need to get latest cdrtools
with cdrecord 2.01.01a22. Do not use the cdrtools from even the
latest Linux distributions if you are going with Linux. Windows
should be no problem with Nero, for example.

Dominic


On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, barb wrote:

> I am getting a new computer. I need to know what drive(S) to get if I
> want to burn and read both a dvd and cdrom.I have heard of combo drives
> but do they burn and read both types of media? Also do these drives take
> up 1 or 2 5 1/4 slots in the computer? Lastly, what speeds are these drives?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> BS
>