[pchelpers] Re: Purchasing external CD-RW


I have had good success with Tiger.  But make sure of the device that you
want is what you want as Tiger many times will sell low end products.

Bob Weyer
----- Original Message -----
From: "gil gilmore" <wgilmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Purchasing external CD-RW


>
> I need an external device on which I could use to
> access my files and also store backups. My
> laptop currently has less than 10 megs of space
> less, hence the need for additional media.
>
> I've been looking at external CD-RW drives as a
> solution to this problem and found that wanted an
> opinion on a sale Tiger Direct is having on a CD-
> RW for $50 which has the following specs:
>
> CD-Rewritable Drive 40x12x40 with Nero 5.5
> CD Creation Software!
> Read/Write Speed Write:17X/40X (CAV read
> only)
> Rewrite: 12X;     Read: 40X
> Burst :
> - 16.6 MB/sec (PIO Mode 4/DMA Mode 2)
> - 33.3 MB/sec (UDMA Mode 2)
> Access Time: 120ms Random Average
> Buffer: 4MB Buffer Underrun Prevention (BURN-
> Proof)
>
> Is this a decent machine and deal. Any thoughts
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> gil
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