• Internal CD-Writer:
  The "best" option is to acquire a notebook with an internal CD writer (is offered e.g. by DELL as an option). Internal CD writers are approached via the IDE bus and thus cause no problems.
  But ask beforehand exactly WHICH CD writer is installed and make sure that the writer is supported by Feurio! (see Feurio! Homepage: "Supported CD-Writers").
  
  
• CD-Writer connected to USB/Parallel/PCMCIA port:
  See: "What about the CD writer connected to the USB/Parallel/PCMIA port?"
  
  
• PCMCIA-SCSI cards:
  A good option would be to use a "Standard" SCSI-CD-Writer (in an external SCSI housing) in connection with a PCMCIA SCSI card.
  CAUTION:
  Not all PCMCIA-SCSI cards are suitable for fast CD burners. For "simple" PCMCIA SCSI cards the same applies for ISA-SCSI-Controllers (see: "Why shouldn't I use an ISA SCSI card?".) - They create a high CPU load and don't make it possible to burn with a fast burner - we already tested one card with which stable burning was only possible at 2x!
  In actual fact, the PCMCIA bus is most similar to the ISA bus, so both of these cards also come with the "ISA-SCSI card" warning!
  Stable burning at high speed can only be expected of SCSI controllers which have got a "CARDBUS" interface. "Cardbus" is an extension of the PCMCIA standard which helps the PCMCIA port attain the performance of the PCI bus (e.g. a busmaster transfer is also possible with CARDBUS cards).
  With all modern laptops, at least one of the two PCMCIA slots is simultaneously a "Cardbus" slot. On this, refer to the documentation provided with your notebook!

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