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

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From: Borowski
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:58

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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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