How much would it cost to buy a dvd burner and hook it up to our Dell computer?

The best way imo is buying an usb or firewire dvd writer. It isn't that much more expemsive and its very easy to install.

you don't "hook it up" - you put a drive in... this is a bad forum for guidance - it is more technical. If you are nto comfortable openning your computer then take it to a shop I guess... Where they'll rip you off (maybe).

hi.. a DVD writer now a days costs very cheap indeed... i just bought one for Rs.1150 in india....in US dollars it would be about $20 i think... i bought a samsung 20x sata dvd writer which was supposed to be the best in market right now...

nowadays it isn't so expensive anymore. i don't know how much it will be in dollars exactly. around 20 to 50 dollars i thing, but if you want a more classy model you'll have to pay more offcourse. you can buy it at your local computer store or on the internet or wherever you want. normally it doesn't have to be from some kind of brand to be compatible with you dell. All the burners will work. (but i say normally, cause it could be that dell has put on some restrictions, but i am almost certain that dell wouldn't do that. fujitsu siemens for example does this and you'll have to be carefull everytime you upgrade your fujitsu siemens pc.... grumble... :p )