On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Chris Loehr wrote: > > Hi! > I have a few questions as I am thinking of upgrading my 4400/200 with a > CD-burner. I suspect that my 4400 isn't fast enough to match the new CD-RW's > on the market,.
The 4400 should be able to use a faster burner without any problem. A 24x burner is well within the capabilities of the plain old scsi in powermacs. Even a 32x burner is theoretically under the 5MB/second transfer limit of the plain scsi standard. CD drives are slow relative to hard drives, and almost any recent hard drive (past four years) is going to outrun it. > I have an 8x internal in my Starmax. I also have a 7200rpm harddrive so it > outruns my burner by quite abit. So you should be able to use a higher speed > burner if you have a fast hard drive or fast Cd-rom. I use Toast 4. Check > Roxio's website for compatibility of any burner you choose to buy. You may > also need FWB Cd-rom toolkit as well to recognize the drive. > > Hope this helps. > > Chris -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
