Sony brings the best of both worlds together with the new Sony CRX300E CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. The new Sony CRX300E combines high performance 48X max. CD-R and 24X max. CD-RW burning and 16X max. DVD-ROM reading capabilities into a standard half-height PC compatible drive. CD-R/RW burning is fast and reliable thanks to the built in buffer underrun protection. It is an ideal drive for those who have limited drive bays in their PC but want to add high performance CD burning and DVD-ROM reading to their systems. The Sony CRX300E works with Windows?? 98SE/2000, Windows?? Millennium Edition, and the Windows?? XP Home and Professional operating systems.