External or Internal

[manimanito]

Hello everybody, I am considering purchasing a Dell 600m laptop. However, here's my little dilemma.

1. I need a dvd burner
2. However, I am not sure if I should shell out $200 for the internal dvd burner or get something like External DVD burner
Which I found on a website for around $70 (it's an external dvd burner)

 

[Praetor]

Internal drives are generally cheaper and offer better (although often negibly different) performance. Protable ones are, well... portable The value of either depends on the user