Plextor 12x10x32 ?'s

[dgb1891]

I am new to burners and am planning on purchasing this one, the one i have now is a piece of sh*t, but I have a few questions. When I burn a cd in this drive does this cd have to be in this drive in order to play, or does this only apply to sd2 burned discs? Also is it compatible with clonecd? If not which are the best for it?
If any1 can help at all it will be greatly appreciated. thanks