Plug and Play - Just plug into your USB Port and the DVD writer will be detected. Works with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and MAC OS X * Featuring USB 3.0 allowing up to 10x the speed of USB 2.0, while being backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.0/1.1 * Slim design with exterior Pawtec exclusive orange aluminum finish stands you out from the crowd. * Reads: 24x CD-DA, 24x CD-R, 24x CD-RW, 24x CD-ROM, 8x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD+R, 8x DVD+RW, 8x DVD-R DL, 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD-RW, 8x DVD-ROM, 5x DVD-RAM, 4x DVD-VIDEO * Writes: 24x CD-R, 24x CD-RW, 8x DVD+R, 6x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 8x DVD-R, 6x DVD-R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 6x DVD-RW. Burning and Lightscribe software is not included.