If you do not have a DVD ROM drive then it might make sense to go for a combo drive also. Sooner or later DVDs will become so common that a DVD drive will be a necessity. But the price will be higher by Rs. 1000/- at least.
-Saugata --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Dr. Mitra, > > Quoting Mandar Mitra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > <snipped> > > of replacing it with a CD-writer. I'm looking for > recommendations > > about specific brands: if you can tell me a little > bit about your > > The internal ATAPI CD-RW drives are quite cheap > these days. AFAIK, prices start > from 1800/- onwards, but its probably prudent to > stay away from the entry-level > ones. I still swear by my old 12/8/32 HP internal > ATAPI CD-RW, not a single > coaster in the last 3.5 years I have had it. > Unfortunately HP stopped making > CD-RWs a long time back! :-( > > At present ASUS's CD-RWs would get my vote for their > quality, even though they > cost about a couple of hundred rupees more than > their competitors. The ones from > Samsung/LG/Frontech etc. are cheaper, and seems to > work for many people. > > > In case it's relevant: my machine is a > PII/333/128MB, and I've > > stayed with RH 7.3 (and am much happier than most > of my colleagues > > who run Windows on their P4 XYZ GHz machines). > > This could be old news to you, but with kernel 2.6.x > series CD-writing on Linux > no longer requires the use of IDE-SCSI emulation... > :) > > hth > --indra. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet > Messaging Program. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
