Gypsy -

For a CD burner, beware of the USB connection. The data transfer rate, for "plain vanilla" USB is not adequate for what you probably want for a CD burner. If you look closely, you'll see that the USB versions are usually not over 7X to 12X, where other connections can give you 24X or better.

You should have an ISDE, "firewire," SCSI2, or one of the other fast connections for a CD-R or CD-R/W.

If you don't have a connection avialable, and you actually have some reason for having an external burner, you can probably live with USB, but it's not the best in normal circumstances.

John