External enclosure + internal burner/external burner.

I have a Dell XPS m1330 notebook with a crappy matshita slot loading dvd writer (which being a matshita cant be made region free). Since i have a storage problem and dont wanna buy another hdd, i bought a lot of blank optical media.

Ive decided to invest in an external burner.

Should i get an external burner or an internal with an enclosure? which are the good burners out there these days? also, incase an enclosure is the way to go, which are the good ones? and, is firewire a better option? ive read somewhere that its actuall the enclosure chip that matters (which makes sense). so an suggestions? oh, and i would prefer a lightscribe drive and DL is a must too.

Thanks.

yesterday ,saw a LG external DVD writer with Lightscribe for rs1800/- has a good casing with it at croma .

^^ was the casing seperate or was the whole thing lg branded?

yeah even i saw that, they selling a lot at croma at all those small eepc , and acer mini ones dont have any dvd slot loading option

bump..

could some1 please answer the questions asked in the first post?

buy in the LG external enclosure

Get the LG:

LG External DVD writer.

Me still looking to my dealer for pricing outside croma

thanks.. will have a look.. samsung, liteon and sony have have external drives too.. any idea about their availability in india?