Jose,

I had the same dilemma...big, bad laptop, but USB 1 ports. The internal CD burner is 8X, but I wanted the 40X Plextor USB 2 burner for on-site duplications.

So...have a look at what the folks at Plextor suggested:

http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/u2cb2/

Works like a charm. It's something like $90, and it has two USB 2 ports. I now have two of the Plextor 40X burners, which I run at the same time with this card and Nero.

Thanks for the response. I've actaully come to this conclusion as well, only I bought the belkin one available here in the UK. Havent bought the plextor one yet.

How do you like the burner?Can you get a full 48x speed out of it? Do you use the power supply with your card?

THX