I loved my Iomega CD-R drive. I bought a refurbished model from Fry's. I hooked it up to my IBM Thinkpad and it worked like a champ. Definetely got my moneys worth from it. I recently sold it to a friend now that I'm not as mobile and have the luxury of a desktop computer. I would definetely recommend Iomega.
Computer Geeks is a great store I buy from. They sell the current Iomega model refurbished for $62.50.
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