As for DVD burning: ask yourself if you will ever use this feature. On the other hand, DVD burners are quite cheap these days so if your not sure, it's not a big deal to include one. If you do go for one make sure that it can burn Double Layer discs, that way you'll be able to handle almost any DVD disc that you can get. The most recent gadget on the DVD market is Lightscribe, which lets you burn an image or text on the label side of the disc, which looks quite good but apparently takes quite a while (on top of the normal burning process). I'm not convinced that it is worth the extra money for the burner and the special discs. I'll stick to a simple CD marking pen for now.
