Thanks to all who responded to my plea for advice - I got a Liteon 8x drive which is delightful - happily spinning away just now on a 4G backup! It works a treat on Win ME too, though I can only burn directly from Pinnacle 9 at present. Cost about �65 from ebuyer - why pay more?
thanks again for helping me choose - Neil. On Monday 08 March 2004 10:49 pm, neil sinclair wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in the happy position of being able to buy a DVD writer - weyhey!!! > But... > > I need it to work with Win ME and SuSE 8.2 on a dual boot system. ** It > will be used mainly for video writing and file system backups. > > Can anyone give advice or recommend known good drives out there which would > fit the bill? As far as I can see, the lists suggest that any ATAPI > DVDwriter should work, so I should be OK. > > My shortlist is: > Sony DWU 14A > Asus DRW0402P > Optorite DD0401 > Liteon LDW-401S > > Of these, the Sony gives the greatest heartache - great reputation for > build and reliability, shocking reputation for compliance to standards. > > Open to suggestions! > > TIA, > Neil. > > > ** > Duron 1000 MHz > 256 Mb ram > Gigabyte 7zmmh motherboard > Intel graphics > 120 Gb WD drive > Liteon DVD reader > Philips CDRW (to be swapped out) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
