If you aren't going to be reading BR then I would skip those readers completely. They are slower than native DVD readers/burners. Also, I've personally had issues with mine (internal BR) making i just not really worth it.
An internal one would typically read and write faster than USB so it would depend on how much you need it and use it. If only on occasion then I would go with an external on. If you use it all the time then I'd go internal.
On second thought, I'd use a FW external with that Mini. Then you can get a full size drive and not have to worry about labels on disks in a slot load. I'm using a
LaCie right now with my slightly newer Mini.
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