DVD Burner For Laptop

I have a Dell Inspiron laptop that is about 1.5 years old. It has a 1.8 P4
processor.

I have a CD reader (not burner) in it. Is it possible to remove the CD
Drive and install a DVD burner? Are the burners for laptops pretty
reliable?

I would probably take it to a local shop to have the DVD burner installed,
but I just want to see if it is worth pursuing, or if there are any gotchas.

Thanks very much.

If it has a built in firewire port, you could think about an external
burner...my notebook is now 3 years old and has built in firewire.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Buck Turgidson" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Inspiron laptop that is about 1.5 years old. It has a 1.8 P4
processor.

I have a CD reader (not burner) in it. Is it possible to remove the CD
Drive and install a DVD burner? Are the burners for laptops pretty
reliable?

I would probably take it to a local shop to have the DVD burner installed,
but I just want to see if it is worth pursuing, or if there are any
gotchas.

Thanks very much.

Yes to remove/install ( in fact, I put a "Dell" branded DVD+R/W burner in my
laptop ). As to reliability, possibly actually more than desktop burners -
as long as you don't use your laptop as a doorstop/dustpan...

My +r/w burner was bought off of eBay, and as I said was originally made for
Inspirons etc... ( the Gotcha? Price, but I considered $200 worth it for
an internal burner for my laptop. You can get some burners for less, but I
have seen nothing comperable in the +r/w camp and I prefer it to the -r/w -
soon it likely won't matter, but right now minimum burn speed on -r/w is 1x
and +r/w is 2.4x ).

"Buck Turgidson" wrote in message
s.com...
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop that is about 1.5 years old. It has a 1.8
P4
processor.

I have a CD reader (not burner) in it. Is it possible to remove the CD
Drive and install a DVD burner? Are the burners for laptops pretty
reliable?

I would probably take it to a local shop to have the DVD burner installed,
but I just want to see if it is worth pursuing, or if there are any
gotchas.

Thanks very much.

My +r/w burner was bought off of eBay, and as I said was originally made
for
Inspirons etc... ( the Gotcha? Price, but I considered $200 worth it for
an internal burner for my laptop. You can get some burners for less, but
I
have seen nothing comperable in the +r/w camp and I prefer it to
the -r/w -
soon it likely won't matter, but right now minimum burn speed on -r/w is
1x
and +r/w is 2.4x ).

Could you explain why the format won't matter soon? I am still learning
about all this stuff. Thanks!