<img src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/RWs at 24x. No pricing or availability and it seems like a bit of a niche product. It's powered by USB only, so there won't be an ugly wall wart to worry about.

I have a Gateway ultralight , the NX100 with only one “spindle” – that’s marketing talk for any disk drive, which, in this case, is a hard drive – and no optical drive. As a result, I’ve been looking for something like this, actually, so I’m glad they’re now available and sufficiently portable to warrant stuffing one into a laptop bag.

Not much else is known about the PX-608CU aka Add and NT At the End and Have Hours of Fun With Your Friends, but we’ll keep you posted.

Plextor Preps Slimline DVD Writer [RegHardware via Engadget]