CD/RW Reccomendations?

[Ashen Shugar]

Another vote for the Plextor 12x10x32A.

 

[billandopus]

See the "SafeDisc2..." thread for more info. Food for thought.

 

[ALstonLoong]

guys how about LG which offering 8mb of buffer? isnt it a good drive too ?I think most of the software is supporting this drive too, isnt it?
alston

 

[thorin]

WhiteDog
"A suitable scsi controller for a CDROM is about 35 bux max. The extra cost for a CDROM or Burner is like, 50-100 bux. Having the added capabilites alone is worth that little money.
I have a CDRW, CDROM, ZIP, and 2 hard drives. Could I fit all that into IDE? no."

Yes you can have all those devices for less then $35 (let alone less then $35 + $50 to 100). You can get a ATA66/ATA100 controller for $35 or less.

I will agree that Parallel scanners are basically crap, however for home use and even light to medium business use USB Scanners perform just as well as SCSI.

I'm sorry we had you back up for statement however making such a broad sweeping statement as "Avoid anything IDE unless it's a hard drive. " either says:
1) This guy knows something and has very good reasons for saying this.
or
2) This is someone's personal preference.

In your case we fall to interpretation 2.

"And to ADD to my Rant... The question on the Topic was "CD/RW recommendations" (spelled correctly). I was making "my recommendation"... and I recommend avoiding IDE. "

No one is disputing that you were/weren't making a recommendation, but your recommendation was to spend $85-135 more without any reasoning.

Thorin

 

[mrhair]

Is that guy trying to say that SCSI still lives? Why does he use a SCSI scanner when USB is perfect for that job, and USB 2.0 is a few months away. Even IEEE 1394 (firewire) cards and gadgets are becoming less and less expensive. Then there is Serial ATA which is down the road. SCSI is dead. Unless you have old Mac sh*t of course.

 

[Ender510]

My Plextor 12/10/32 ROCKS...

 

[MAZZHOLE]

TDK 12/10/32 ....(Plextor built)
Quality and better software (Nero) than the Plextor.
I upgraded on "Super Sunday" from a Plextor 8/4/32.
The reason? Well after being handed the TDK for $99,
then sending in my $50 rebate, the choice seemed obvious.
Can't beat a TDK (came with the 107 firmware) for $49.
As for the SCSI rant. I admit that I did dust off
an Adaptech 2940 and stuck it in my machine for about 10 min.
Just long enough to upgrade my ASPI layer...
Then sent it back to the "bin" with the rest of
the outdated cards.