[olug] Recommendation on a CD-RW drive

[Nick Walter]

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



----- Original Message -----
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


> 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:
>
> >Looking for a decent, low cost CD-RW drive, IDE interface.  Any
> >recommendations?
> >Manf/Model
> >
> >thanks,
> >Jeff
> >
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