Because I wanted to see my BluRays like on my 17 inch notebook and I had removed the DVD drive from the Mac mini, I bought this drive. And I can wholeheartedly recommend it. A BluRay burner I do not need, so why spend more. With VLC and some tricks also gets some encrypted BluRay run ans. For Mac, there are free software BluRay. For Linux, there is apparently nothing more (Nero is no longer being developed) and for lavish menus VLC is not suitable (eg Topgun) But that's not all the problem of the drive, special software, and really that says it all! The drive is great! And with Power DVD 12/13 it works well with the BluRays under Win7 /. 8