CD burners

[Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique)]

Le 28 Octobre 2003 00:27, Teodor Iliescu a écrit :
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, benny k. wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:02:31PM -0500, Madison Kelly wrote:
> > > Plextor, bar none. They are more expensive but they are worth it.
> >
> > what makes them "worth it"?
> >
> > ben
>
> Plextor is the kind of quality, when it comes to burners.
> What makes it worth it is their quality, plus their reliability.
> Remeber, most of these companies will put new technology as it arises,
> while Plextor will steadily wait until technology stabilizes.
>
> My first burner was a Mitsumi 2801TE (2x ide), and yes it still works,
> although I can't say I was happy with the service at the time. It came
> with Adaptec Easy Cd Creator 3.5 (yes, Windows ware), which it didn't even
> work! I had to update the firmware, download new software, and so forth...
>
> Speaking of el-cheapo LG drives, I even bought a 52x for one of my other
> desktops, and it didn't even allow me to record at the advertised rate
> (52x - don't know how recommended this is either). Hmm, now would I want
> to buy an LG drive again? No, thanks.
>
> I actually have a USB 2.0 plextor 24x10x40, which costed me about $350
> dollars, roughly 10 months ago. I settled for the Plextor, as opposed to
> an Yamaha which had even faster advertised burning rates (40x), and it
> came with fancy technology which allowed me to burn images on a unused
> region of a cd. Whoopty-doo! :p
>
> Was it worth, to get back to your question? Yes, if you have the money to
> lay down. It's the same with non-x86 hardware such as Macs, or even a
> Sparc, if any of you are lucky enough to have one of those. Pricy, but
> well worth it.
>
> And for another thing, if you get a Plextor, you probably will not have
> any problems with Distros hosing your drives. :)
Ok, that's a good one ;)

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