> what doe the list suggest for 52x? Firewire or USB? My vote, if you go external, is FireWire. Unless you can find a way to get USB 2.0 going on a pre-OS X box you won't get anything faster than USB 1.1 performance (4X) regardless of the USB drive you may be contemplating. FireWire.
I would suggest also consider some of the 48X or 32X drives. You pay a premium for 52X and you won't notice a difference between it and 48 or probably a bit less. Consider also that when you burn audio CDs you either have to slow down the burn speed to roughly half or the "burn proof" technology all new burners seem to come with will do it for you. So, half of 52X isn't much better than half of 40X. I bought an internal TDK 48X (4800B) at Best Buy for less than $50 after rebate and a case at Computer Geeks for about $40. Toast loves it, as does OS X's (on an iMac) Disk Burner, with a small hack. Not sure if you could get OS 9's Disk Burner to recognize it however. All told I spent around $100 and "rolled my own" and saved about $50 or so at the time. But if you're starting from scratch you either want one that comes supported by Disk Burner (which can be made to run on legacy Macs under OS9) or comes with Toast Lite, or add Toast (full version, sometimes found for as little as $50 or so) to your purchase outlay. -David -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
