Thanks for telling me you have an Optiarc. I really want to know how it works at a Show particularly with homemade CDGs singers bring in, so I don't have to keep carrying a player too. I even tried using my external Plextor, but it was just too much for my 5-year old laptop that after 2 hours, things would slow down even with 512RAM. Yes, I could buy first, but if I have to replace the drive, I might as well buy a laptop with one I know will work.
Below is a quote from MTU's page which tells all about Microstudio. I believe that MTU updates this list frequenty after testing new drives. I have watched this list grow on a regular basis.
"Microstudio 4.002 supports an
extensive list of CD/DVD drives,"