DVD burners are now standard for laptop compters
A single DVD can store up to 5 gigabytes, about 10-times what a CD can store.
"....the Vaio W will cost about $2000 and go on sale in the United States in August. Aside from its 17.5-inch display, the Vaio W PCV-W500GN1 model will incorporate a 2.66GHz Pentium 4 processor, 512MB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive and a combination DVD-burner and CD-burner drive, according to Sony’s Web site."
MSNBC article