NU Slim USB External SuperMulti Drive DVD Burner (ESW846B)

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B000YYT02Q
• Item model number: ESW846
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,260 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 12, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
This ESW846 External USB2.0 SuperSlim SuperMulti drive combines all the functions of a DVD player, DVD recorder, CD player and CD recorder into one lightweight, portable design that fits in your notebook! It is the perfect accessory for the mobile professional who needs to access data. Advanced slot in design protects your media from the dust. The most important feature is that it burns every disc format you can find in the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mac Compatible!, October 26, 2008

By	Mac Wizard "Mac Wizard" (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews

I bought this to replace the failing internal drive on my daughter's MacBook. After extensive research, we could find no documentation whether this drive was Mac compatible or not. The manufacturer does not list the Mac in their compatibility list, and there were no drivers available for it anywhere. We took a chance and, as it turns out, it is fully compatible without the need for any driver. Just plug and play with the Mac.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality External Drive, December 15, 2008

By	J. Paine "Just Some Guy" (Fayetteville, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this DVD drive a couple of days ago. It arrived promptly and I was excited to use it as I had just purchased an Acer Aspire One which does not have a CD/DVD drive. After opening the packaging, taking it out, and reading the instructions, I thought I had made a purchasing mistake. The directions say that the AC adapter must be plugged in for the drive to operate. I plugged just the drive into my computer without the AC adaptor and the drive worked perfectly fine. If you're looking for a DVD external drive that runs right off your USB port, this product is an outstanding choice. It seems sturdy and I have had no issues yet. A good buy despite the higher price.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review from another Mac user - does what I need, though it is a bit finicky, May 29, 2009

By	Nathan Andersen "film lover, philosophy profe... (Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I bought this for use with my Mac Book Pro, when the onboard drive on my Mac went kaput. I've been satisfied with it, and it manages to do everything I need, though it is a little bit finicky.

Unlike others, I haven't been able to get this to run reliably on USB power - it will receive a disk on USB power, but won't always be able to play it and never can burn onto a disk while running on USB power. That's okay, because you can plug it in, and that's what I do every time now.

Anyhow, I've watched dvds, played cds, installed software, burned dvds and cds from this drive, and all of them work just fine and as advertised. Every once in a while I find that when I insert a disk it will spit it back out at me, and then I have to wait and try again, sometimes a few times, before it will take the disk and mount it. I don't know what that's about, and am tempted to return this for a replacement, but I am overall happy with this brand. It has, for now, solved all of the problems I needed to solve - since without some kind of disk drive and burner, the Mac Book Pro would be pretty seriously incapacitated.