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To: Night Writer who wrote (86243)10/29/2000 2:31:00 PM
From: John Koligman  Read Replies (1) of 97611
 
Hi NW, the problem with DVD/RAM right now is that there is somewhat of a 'standards battle' still going on among several competing manufacturers. Similar to that of VHS/Betamax in the video arena years ago. Depending on what competing format wins, you might make a good/bad choice right now. Going with DVD/ROM and a CD/RW sounds good, you can enjoy DVD movies if you are so inclined and still have the ability to rip music and also backup data to the CD/RW drive. The only decision I can see here is that Compaq also offers a combo DVD/CDRW drive instead of having two distinct boxes in the machine. However, it appears that they are offering a deal for a $49 CD/RW in the machine's second bay, so that is the cheaper way to go.

Regards,
John
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