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Article #376Re: Which CD-RW drive?
From: Jason Crouch
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 17:58
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 17:58
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In message <2ccaVvpGG1Q7Iwbv@waynrigg.demon.co.uk>, William Leech <abuse@waynrigg.demon.co.uk> writes >In message <gdxR2cFYFvQ7EAwq@null.heaven.co.uk>, Jason Crouch ><NewsPosting@null.heaven.co.uk> writes >>In message <XbNHfpFml6P7Ewv+@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett >><andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes >>>>>PC Pro magazine has just reviewed several drives, selecting the LG >>>>>electronics ED 8120B (Cost: GBP 81 + VAT; Speed: 12x) as the "Editor's >>>>>Choice". >> >>Never been much of a fan of PC magazines reviews, due to their >>apparently arbitrary decisions as to what they'll include in a group >>test (and there's always the concern that advertising revenue >>determines the choice). > >Indeed. You almost always seem to see an advert for on of the >recommended drives within a couple of pages of the review. > >>Just bought a PlexWriter 16x12?x40x IDE for 116+VAT, and am very happy > ^^^ "?" indeed. Even if such a drive >exists, a suitable alloy for erasables does not. So I couldn't be arsed to crick my neck in the direction of the tower case and read the tiny, tiny writing etched on the drive tray. 16x10x40x it is, then. :-)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025cc,631820d89bd2e7a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025cc,public X-Google-Thread: 10c6a1,631820d89bd2e7a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c6a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,631820d89bd2e7a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: f5b8f,631820d89bd2e7a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5b8f,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-04 11:09:45 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!heaven.co.uk!NewsPosting From: Jason Crouch <NewsPosting@null.heaven.co.uk> Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.win95,demon.tech.pc,uk.comp.peripherals.misc,comp.periphs Subject: Re: Which CD-RW drive? Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 18:58:47 +0100 Organization: H E A V E N Usenet Facility Lines: 29 Message-ID: <Q3y9McEXl1Q7EAUB@null.heaven.co.uk> References: <dVklMPBDmlP7Ew$V@pigsonthewing.org.uk> <K9aF9mjgY2P7IwWF@waynrigg.demon.co.uk> <XbNHfpFml6P7Ewv+@pigsonthewing.org.uk> <gdxR2cFYFvQ7EAwq@null.heaven.co.uk> <2ccaVvpGG1Q7Iwbv@waynrigg.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: Jason Crouch <new$.reply@heaven.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-614.blastoise.dialup.pol.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: news8.svr.pol.co.uk 994269186 770 217.135.34.102 (4 Jul 2001 17:53:06 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Jul 2001 17:53:06 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net User-Agent: Turnpike/6.00-Beta-5-M (<J0AyCGHUOgygDBiIaVObd36mvL>)