How comfortable are you with opening up your pc?

or do you have family or friend that knows how to do it?

the place i get my stuff has internal DVD read/writable for $30-$48.

and I really like the Ashampoo free recording software - for some reason I had trouble with Nero and others that i tried.
http://www.download.com/Ashampoo-Bur...dlPid=10827403

Picasa is free from Google and has really nice features for editing photos & videos - I did make a CD with nice transitions easily with it 2 yrs ago.
http://picasa.google.com/



easy to do really - buy the internal DVD burner of your choice
computer - turn it off - unplug it
open the case
look closely at how and where the other CD is plugged it and hooked up- make notes if needed

well It might be easier to post links showing/telling how to so i don't forget a step LOL-
static & magnetics are not good for computer so be aware of that if you attract static often or only have magnetic screw drivers.
I do use a slightly magnetic screw driver but am very careful to not touch anything but the screws.

http://compreviews.about.com/od/tuto...s/DIYCDDVD.htm
http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading...d_recorder.htm

oh found some videos of how to also-
http://video.google.com/videosearch?...8&sa=N&tab=wv#