dvd burner external vs internal

[mattfaceacc]

my current burner decided to quit on me, so im the market for a new one. right now what need to to know two things. is internal or external better to use and why. its almost strictly for archiving data use?
the second part is since its for archiving data, when what the best media type to be using for long term storage at this time?

 

[Snipergod87]

For long term storage M Disc's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC) tend to be recommended, internal or external doesn't really matter its all up to choice.

If you want to burn M-DISCS you need a M-DISC compatible burner.
Also note M-Discs are not rewriteable.

 

[mattfaceacc]

can some point to a couple drives both internal and external that are m-disc useble.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

can some point to a couple drives both internal and external that are m-disc useble.

Would love to mate, but whoever does it is most likely going to use Google Search (products & reviews) - - may be you wouldn't object to doing that so we can carry on helping others?

 

[mattfaceacc]

im searching that way, but not finding the right item. i dont wnat in my search terms i could be doing wrong.. im putting in mdisc burner.
im also told maybe what im looking for is a mdisc ready burner. any help is appreciated