- Aug 24, 2001
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I've read so many good things about them, what happened? Why didn't they manufacture DVD or CD-RW drives with the technology?
Originally posted by: magomago
I remember seeing those 72X drives around....maybe because the chances of the CDs exploding were huge?
I remember something like once you hit 13,000 RPMs on a disc the chances of it shattering increases which is why speeds weren't increasing - perhaps someone can clue us in and be more specific....
But good god who needs 72X drives (cdrom or CDRW)? the only thing it affects would be install time (and maybe burn speed if you copy a lot of CDS)
Originally posted by: Sideswipe001
I had 3 72x drives. First one died after a month (kept getting errors in Windows 2000 telling me it was unplugged!). I RMAed it. The replacement drive did the same after anotehr month or two (RMA again). I sold the 3rd one before it had a chance to die on me.
I liked it so much when it worked...but boy did it have issues.