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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (48958)	2/26/1998 7:50:00 PM
From: Andrew Shih	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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