John, my brother in-law just bought a new HP tower, with CR-RW for about $450. I think it came with about a 650 Celeron, a good size hard drive (10 Gig), all the things necessary to burn CDs. He told me it was easier (although slighly more $$) to go this route than buying a stand-alone CD-RW because he didn't want to occupy his other computer with burning CD's, plus the quality CD-RW was better than the ones sold on their own.
There are other bennies - longer warranty, software optimized to run w/Windows ME, more of a tax write-off, and of course, easier since there is no installation. I also have an HP with the same CD-RW software (mine is powered by Athlon, of course) which is awesome. I can copy a CD in about 20 minutes - I only have to be there for about 30 seconds cumulatively. I also download MP3 songs and burn my own CD's. The HP software + drive is incredibly easy to use. I sound like a commercial.
Well, good luck,
Dave
He is waiting on buying MP3 players for himself and his daughters until after Christmas (sales). |
