Sony's Skinny 20X Portable CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive

If you don't have a CD Burner on your laptop or you're looking to save some ports in your desktop machine (or both) Sony's slim portable CD-RW and DVD-ROM Combo drives might just do the trick. Available with both PC Card and USB 2.0 interfaces as well as PC and Mac software suites, Sony's combo drives support a 20X maximum write speed and are equipped with Sony's Power-Burn technology, which is intended to prevent buffer under-run and writing errors due to mechanical shocks. The CRX85A/A1 model will include Windows only software and the CRX85U/A2 model will include both Macintosh and Windows software for you switch hitters in the crowd. The Portable CD-RW and DVD-ROM Combo drive with the PCMIA Card (CRX85A/A1) will be available next month and the USB 2.0 version (CRX85U/A2) will be available in the U.S. in December for an estimated price of $329.