External CD-ROM

My internal cd/dvd drive has recently broke. Does anyone know of a decent external drive that will load software, and cd's. Dvd's not as important, nor is the recording option. Thank you for all your help.

a brody wrote:
There are good models by http://www.macsales.com/
Make sure to get a Firewire model, if booting ever becomes essential, since Powerbooks don't support booting over USB.
Not to mention that even USB 2 is pretty slow on the PowerPC machines.
I dropped this unit into the TiBook when the original 815 died.  First shipper was an infant mortality case, but the second one has been just fine.  A relatively easy replacement in the Titanium models.

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