well, if all your doing is burning data, the nero will work fine but will be "wasted." what I mean by that is that nero has a bunch of extra features that you wouldnt need. So if all you want to do is burn data, the I would recommend a free program such as this one: http://www.download.com/Amazing-CD-DVD-Burner/3000-2646_4-10601409.html?tag=lst-0-1