CD & DVD burners are optical drives that can write data to CDs or DVDs.
DVD-Burners are backward compatible. They can also be used to burn CD's. There have also been made a lot of varieties of DVD players that can burn CD's but not DVD's.
There are numerous applications that allow users to burn files to discs. Some free ones include: CD Burner XP (http://cdburnerxp.se/), List of Free CD/DVD Burners (http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/dvdcdburning.shtml), and another List of Free CD/DVD Burners (http://www.download.com/CD-DVD-Burners/3150-2646_4-0.html.)
Yes Macbooks have DVD burners.
The fast est drives burn cds at 52x and the fastest DVD burners do 24x.There are dozens of 24x burners and all burn cds at 52x.
Dedicated CD disc burners aren't easy to come by. They have been replaced with more recent technology in the form of DVD burners and Blu-Ray burners. However, these devices are backwards compatible with CD discs and will provide the required functionality. Therefore, one can visit a local electronics store to buy a more recent device and be able to use it to burn CD discs.
Some of the brands of external CD and/or DVD drives and burners are Samsung, Iomega, LG Electronics, Plextor, Lite-On, Hewlett-Packard , Buslink and LaCie.
You don't, DVD burners come on desktop computers/laptops
From what I understand, a typical DVD Burner will consume 25-30 watts during a peak burn cycle.This does not include Blue-Ray burners. CD burners will be about 5-15 watts lower.
For a comprehensive article on how CD burners work please go to: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cd-burner.htm
They are devices which you can use to write data on CD or DVDs. You can of course read the data they have. They are called as well CD/DVD burners, because the "burn" the discs. Note: The CD/DVDs you want to write must be writable, or else you won't be able to write on them.
One of the best places to buy stand alone dvd burners is the website tigerdirect.com.They offer easy to install dvd burners at very affordable prices.
Yes, all DVD burners have the ability to write CDs and DVDs.