ordered it today from newegg. Probably will get it next tuesday or wednesday. I persuaded my boss into buying it for me at work "ummm like so much data I need to backup for the salesman and their new laptops have dvd-rom drives blah blah blah". It's only $144 so it's no biggie. Main thing I want to know is does it rip at 8X - 10X. I don't care for me but mainly for others. If so this would negate the need for a separate dvd-rom to achieve faster ripping speeds than 2X that most of the dvd-burners have. Then you could even buy one of the slim boxes barebone pcs and have a nice little kick arse computer. We shall see.
I think I only have 4X TDK and Memorex DVD+R to test with though. If you wanna send me one Ritek 4X DVD+R in the mail I could test it for ya.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...106-914&DEPA=1