As was already mentioned, the Plextor CD drives have a great reputation for giving you perfect rips. But from everything I've read, most recent drives (DVD, CDR, etc) will also give good rips. Once upon a time, Plextor was the only way to go. Now it's not as much of an issue as it used to be.

I'm very happy with the drive I got recently. It's a Ricoh drive that's a combination DVD and CDR/CD-RW drive. It's an "all-in-one" solution for my drive needs. I think it cost me something like $350.00.

My question to you, though: How do you expect to afford a new computer without a job?

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Tony Fabris