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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (48958)2/26/1998 7:50:00 PM
From: Andrew Shih  Read Replies (1) of 58324
 
How many people here actually have a CD-R ro CD-RW?

I have a 2x CD-R and am fairly satisfied with the purchase.
It's very useful for archiving and music CD creation.

The problem with CD-R is that it is slow and a resource hog.
Also, drag & drop with CD-R isn't exactly the same as that
with other fixed/removable drives. The underlying problem is that
of the buffer-underrun. In order for a CD to burn correctly,
you have to supply constant data to it. 300KBps for 2x and 600 KBps
for 4x. Not a big deal, but you can't really use your system
while burning, unless you have a pure SCSI setup.

The biggest drawback of CD-R, however, is the cost of ownership.
While the CD's are less that $1 each, the drive will run at least
$250 or so. In fact, Adaptec's CD-R Software costs about as much as
an internal Zip.

-Andrew
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