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Re: Advice wanted on new CD writer..which to buy?

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From: Dan G.
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 19:01
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My new LiteOn just burned 650MB at 32x at 3:45, including spin up and closing
time.

"Borowski" <Len68@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> My liteon 24X takes 3 and a half minutes to burn a CD.
>
> nothere wrote in message <3ca8135f.2654153@news.bigpond.com>...
> >On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 04:48:27 GMT, Never anonymous Bud
> ><thekat@san.rxyzr.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Taking a moment from the Fredricks catalog, nothere@nospam.com (nothere)
> spake thusly
> >>
> >>>I wouldn't get the liteon or the Cyber drives if I was you.
> >>>Problems with keeping the data after a few months is a issue.
> >>
> >>The mechanism is exactly the same as the 'name brand' units,
> >>so if longevity of data with a LiteOn is a problem, it's ALSO a
> >>problem for most other names.
> >
> >I wouldn't go around spouting that if I was you.
> >I had a lite on and had nothing but problems.
> >There are also problems with those cyberlink drives and winxp.
> >
> >>
> >>>Also don't be tricked into getting a 40x write burner.
> >>>They are no faster than a fair few 16x write burners.
> >>
> >>If you burn a few CDs once a week or less, the difference won't be
> noticeable.
> >>
> >>If you burn 20 CDs at a time, you WILL certainly see the difference,
> >>and _NO_ 16X burner can burn as fast as a 40X.
> >
> >The latest Mitsubishi 40x takes 6 mins to do a cdr 700Mb disk.
> >My 16x burner takes 6 mins to do a 700Mb cdr disk. I have a second pc
> >bought last week and it has a 24x burner and it also takes 6 mins.
> >
> >I use 24x Verbatim Datalifeplus 80 min media.
> >
>
>
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