"Stephen L. Phillips" wrote:

> Saw the item re: Apple 12X replacement CD (internal), but wish to
> acquire a CD-RW unit for my S900 (233)...
> what doe the list suggest for 52x? Firewire or USB? Contemplating
> external device, but looking for your recommendations: What board can I
> use to provide both Firewire and USB ports, and what are your
> suggestions for CD-RW's? Some are down around $149-199! Thanks for all
> your consideration and advice!

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S900 and combo cards - potentially troublesome but it's not out of the
question.
After much mulling over numerous issues, I settled for a Firewire card and
have no regrets.
(I have an external Firewire hard drive and the card/drive decision was made
at the same time.)

RW - I paid extra for RW several years ago when drives cost upwards of $600
and RW speeds were only 2X.
Turns out I hardly ever use RW discs. I guess it's nice to have the option,
though.
These days I don't notice any CD-R drive - they seem to be all RW and RW
discs are far less expensive.
Not sure how many folks are using RW on a regular basis.
As of last time I used the RW, the discs have to completely reformatted
before it can be RW'd.
I don't recall if RWs can be multi-sessioned.

Just a partial reply to your questions.

Alan





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