What's the best external burner to buy ?

Well I just learned that I can't burn MP4 on my Mac - only a combo drive. What are good, reasonably priced burners worth researching?
Side note, can anyone instruct me how I find the specs on my machine? Isn't there a way to email your serial number to get the information? I wanted to be certain that I only have a combo drive.
Thanks in advance

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LaCie make good ext. burners that work well on most macs via firewire.
You'll likely need Patchburn if you are working within iDVD5 (that or upgrade to iDVD6 which supports ext. burners).

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