Re: Mersenne: Re: christmas computer system?

2002-11-25 Thread Brian J. Beesley
On Monday 25 November 2002 12:36, you wrote: > > One should basically not use a CD-R/CD-RW as a general CD reader, since it > usually has way lower MTBF than a normal CD/DVD reader, and is more > expensive. Ie. it breaks a lot earlier if you use it a lot, and it's more > expensive to replace :-) D

Mersenne: Re: christmas computer system?

2002-11-25 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 08:56:30PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > those are very fast CD readers too... I dunno CD-RW, never had much use for > them, but the bulk TDK blanks I get at Costco seem to burn 100% AOK at 40X, > and you can make a 700MB data backup in just a couple of minutes. One should

Mersenne: Re: christmas computer system?

2002-11-24 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:00:46PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > btw, lotsa folks will disagree with me, but I find onboard sound to be more > than sufficient for 99% of users actual needs unless you are hooking > this system up to a goldenears audiophile system, you aren't gonna hear the > di