[olug] Recommendation on a CD-RW drive

[Sam Tetherow]

Not that I have anything against Toshiba, or buying quality parts, but 
when it comes to CD-RW you might want to consider whether you are going 
to even want the drive 4 years from now?  Granted I think the CD drives 
are approaching a theoretical maximum for speed but if you bought a 
CD-RW 4 years ago you would be burning at what, x4?  If you are like 
Nick and want a CD burner that last that long spend the extra bucks.  Me 
personally I don't mind spending $30 every 2 years and getting the 
faster speed on the burner, or more than likely after the next cheap 
CD-RW I buy I will be looking at cheap DVD-RW.

Just some food for thought.

Nick Walter wrote:

>Get a Toshiba!
>
>One of the chief qualities I look for in computer parts is durability, and
>in my experience most CD-ROM drives (including CD-R/CD-RW) are not built to
>last, especially the cheaper ones.  I still use lots of PC parts that are 4+
>years old.  My biggest challenge when assembling test PC's out of old
>hardware is finding a functional CD drive.  Last time I raided my spare
>parts to build a system I had 6 CD-ROM drives that are 2+ years old.  4 of
>them don't work, the other 2 are toshibas.
>
>Nick Walter
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>From: "Sam Tetherow" <tetherow at nicusa.com>
>To: <olug at olug.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 7:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [olug] Recommendation on a CD-RW drive
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>>I Got a cendyne 16x8x16 a year and a half ago at office max for
>>approximately $30.  I see one on the officemax page that's a 52x24x52
>>for 119-30 mail in rebate and if you are patient you can usually find
>>one that is a speed or two back (40 or 48) with rebats for under $50.00.
>> I've burned over 400 CDs through mine and it is still going strong (if
>>a bit slow ;).
>>
>>Jeff Hinrichs wrote:
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>>>Looking for a decent, low cost CD-RW drive, IDE interface.  Any
>>>recommendations?
>>>Manf/Model
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>Jeff
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