On Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:26 PM, Nancy Haitz replied to: > D.T. Morse asked: > > I find myself finally needing a CD burner and I was just wondering if > anyone > had any good advice. I'm running a Umax C600 ... > > Aughenbaugh, W wrote: > > Well, for one thing, I definitely would NOT consider a USB burner. Way > to > slow. Which leaves a SCSI. I have had good luck with Yamaha external > SCSI > CD/RW.
Doug, I agree that USB burners are slow, but then so are a lot of older CD burners. <SNIP> Nancy Too true Nancy, I have a Phillips 2X burner that doesn't do RW. Presumably it still works. And a good point about most (if not all) external CD burners are bootable. It is true that external SCSI burners are becoming dinosaurs. I don't know if it is possible to buy a new one. However, generally speaking, the SCSI burners were of a better quality and reliability that the ATA/EIDE counter parts. I know, I know; some folks had problems with SCSI equipment, but EVERY SCSI device I have EVER bought that worked when I first plugged it in is STILL working, and I have a LOT of SCSI devices including flatbed and slide/film scanners, printers, CDROM players, CDR/RW burners, and of course the ubiquitous hard drives. Granted, the old stuff is relatively slow by today's standards, but it is sunk cost and I can't sell it for near what it is worth. (Oops, I forgot about my dead MO (optical) drive. One of those did go bad.) Aughenbaugh -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
