what's the big deal re: dual optical drives?
why is everyone acting like having the two optical drive bays is some sort of way-cool feature. i am staring at two drive bays on the front of my dual ghz quicksilver right now.
am i missing something? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
am i missing something? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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<strong>why is everyone acting like having the two optical drive bays is some sort of way-cool feature. i am staring at two drive bays on the front of my dual ghz quicksilver right now.
am i missing something? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
yeah, and one of them is 2.5". Why on earth can't I directly copy a cd... I have my original apple cd-rom next to me, yet no drive bay, its been displaced by my internal burner. My internal 24x, $50, external same model, $150.
Having a combo + super drive makes a little more sense, but not much more. The Super drive is really only good for burning and playing DVDs. It's perfectly useful for anything else, but for burning CDs, you want a plain CD-RW. The best setup would be either DVD-ROM + CD-RW for 16x DVD read, 24x CD burn, and 32x CD read, or SuperDrive + CD-RW for 2x DVD burn, 24x CD burn, 6x DVD read, and 32x CD read. DVD read speed isn't that important. I've watched whole movies on a 5x DVD-ROM without a single skip. Having Combo + Super adds 8x DVD read instead of 6x, but it cuts the CD-RW speed in half. Kinda misses the point if you ask me.
The best of all worlds.
[ 08-14-2002: Message edited by: Patchouli ]</p>