Hope I am posting this in the right forum.

I am buying a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a 4x CD/DVD burner (DVD+RW/+R).  This comes packaged with \"Sonic RecordNow and MyDVD LE\".  For an extra $50, I have the option of purchasing the \"enhanced\" software for the burner: \"Sonic RecordNow! and MyDVD Deluxe\".  This seems like a reasonable price, but this will be my first DVD burner, so I am totally unfamiliar with what software is decent. $50 is alot if Sonic is inadequate.

Would you recommend I buy the $50 upgraded software, or will the software that comes with the burner be sufficient to get me started (will it be good enough to burn DVDs from my video camera, backup a few of my DVD movies, etc)?  

Thank you in advance for any advise.

Thank you for the quick response!

I can update later...but not for that price.  As a matter of fact, with the current 15% off software too, the two software upgrades would actually only cost me $43.  

But despite the low cost, if Shrink is freeware, would it be better to go with the standard and get the freeware?  Let me point out though that I am a novice and want the easiest, most user friendly DVD burn software I can find.  Home movie creation and movie backups (to use in the dorm) are what I will be using my burner for.

Thanks

Don\'t buy MyDVD.I got it with my DVD+-RW and its a buggy ass app.Thankfully I did not pay for it.If I were you,you should just use a freewere app.Or get TEMPnc off the internet somewere.