Unless you need portability for the CD burner, I'd go internal - much less money.
Lots of good models around. The plextors seem to get the best recommendation. I've used panasonic, sony's and mitsumi's with no problems. I use to recommend Yamaha but they seem to be putting out a few questionable products these days. I've run into a few bad drives lately, both internal and external models. Mechanical problems.
