Yeah, it's ridiculous how cheap they are. Of course, maybe that's the problem

Does anyone know if Plextor drives are still good? I have an SATA Plextor drive and I like it a lot. I'd recommend mind, but it's like 4 years old and I doubt that model is still for sale.
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What I dislike most about Nero is that when you install or update it, you have to be very careful to uncheck every option box or else Nero becomes your default everything
Exactly. Nero has been bloatware for half a decade or more. It's really a shame, because they were the big alternative to software that came with your CD Burner, like Roxio. Then Nero became the software that came with the drive, and along with that started adding all the crap.
Definitely check out CDBurnerXP. It's great for what you want to do, simple disc authoring. You can choose how fast it burns to it very easily too.