SDRW-08U9M-U/SIL 13mm External DVD Writer, Compatible with USB 2.0 and Type-C for both Mac/PC

This ASUS LITE portable USB DVD burner is a fantastic product. It’s one of the few that are plug-in. Play with Windows 11. No drivers needed. This is my second of these ASUS burners. They just work so well!

FYI I wanted a basic CD writer to use with a recent mini-computer purchase. This has been working great for that use. It is somewhat "light weight" and I use a light touch when opening and closing it. Functionally it is working fine for the simple tasks I have used it for. Haven't had any issues writing or reading discs. It has a split cable so that you can use a second usb port for extra power. However, it has been working for me with only one usb port connected. The ~24" cable is rather short. I trusted the ASUS name and am happy so far with the drive for the price paid

This thing is amazing. For how cheap it is, it does exactly everything I need. It copies my music CDs, it plays DVDs, and it requires no drivers. I have a 2025 MacBook Air M4 15”. People say it’s fragile, but it’s just like every other disc drive. I’ve been using disc players since 1992 and had the 1996 Magnavox portable CD player. It “feels” flimsy, because it cost $20. Having the hidden USB-C cord was an absolute gem of an idea. Noise levels: it’s as noisy as any other disc player I have ever used. It has no internal stabilizer or inertial dampen system. If you want all those bells and whistles, you going to spend $100+ of a disc driver. You might as well just buy their Blu-Ray burner at that price. For how tiny it is, it’s phenomenal. It’s thinner than my MacBook Air. I haven’t tried to burn CDs or DVDs yet, so I can’t speak on that parts. All I know is that it rips CDs without fail. Maybe if I get my music collection back I can make a meme CD and put it in a museum.

I work a lot with CDs, and this is one of the best external drives I’ve used so far. It reads discs very well and works great for ripping. The only issue I’ve run into is that it’s a bit small. If a CD or DVD is slightly bent, it can make a loud noise and won’t read properly. I’ve had to make sure discs are flattened before inserting them. Larger external drives don’t seem to have this issue as much.

WORD OF CAUTION. My MacBook Pro wouldn't indicate the DVD drive on the Finder until a DVD was inserted. I thought it wasn't seeing the drive and did all kinds of troubleshooting. This external drive works great

Works great with my lenovo lap top. I was able to get lots of old pictures off of discs and develop them.

Got this because my laptop doesn't have a ROM drive. It reads and writes cd's and dvd's as it should. It's compact and is offered at a reasonable price. Would buy again.

Works well but I had to purchase a USB extension cord to utilize the needed 2 ports to power the unit as the supplied Y-cord is really short and was surprisingly hard to find. Nobody locally carried them, had to order via Amazon. The kit also includes a USB C cord which is supposed to be sufficient but I found it was not supplying enough power for whatever reason. I bought this because my newer laptop does not have a CD/DVD drive and I have a lot of good old programs on CD I wanted to install. Unfortunately, which is probably the computer not recognizing the outdated software and not the Asus, when I try to install an older version of Photoshop it locks up. All the other programs I re-installed worked fine the most important one being my old Epson printer which still works perfect so no need to upgrade yet. For me the installation of the Asus software went smoothly and other than the photoshop issue and the stubby Y-cord I'm happy.