Who makes a good or decent CD recorder?

Dedicated recorders burn with substantially less errors than computers.
I used my Lenovo and upto 30% of burned copies are unreadable and skipping.
Alesis ML9600 makes CDs even more perfect than originals.

If you want a really great cd recorder, look no further than HHB pro recorders. I currentl have a HHB CDR 830 Burnit Plus, a great machine. I bought mine used for $225.00 They have several machines in their lineup, an 850, and a dual-well model. I also use a Marantz CDR500 pro model, which is no longer available, but can be had on the used market. Both machines are user friendly and give me no problems. The pro models also allow you to override any copy-protection on the discs, and allow you to add your own protection of your own discs.

Marakanetz -- if there are problems with burning on a PC (read/write errors?) then blame the drive, not the PC! I personally think Lite-On makes the best CD drives and many of the "pro" CD burners use Lite-On drives!

As for your (disappointing) results burning copies on your Lenovo, well geez, what did you expect from that crappy little drive they have to cram into a laptop ;--)
As for Pro units, a composer friend who does a lot of film scoring swears by the HHB products (and he also has the Tascam stuff if he wants). I've never tried HHB, almost bought one on his rec. but never got to it.

Another way to reduces errors when burning discs (from your computer or a dedicated burner,) is keep the speed under 20X, under 12X if you're not in that big a hurry ;--)
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Tascam CD-RW900SL. Bought one this year and have been very pleased with it. We discussed it here, you might want to do a search.

Don't use a PC if you plan on playing it back on a high end rig. If youre plying in your car PC rips are fine but for a revealing system, they sound horrible. I have the Alesis Masterlink 9600 and it does excellent. Sound is probbaly better than the original if you use good blanks. I have been burning with my Masterlink onto Mofo gold CD/R for years and have never had an issue; awesome way to archieve vinyl as well.