They're up to 32x now. Plextor is always regarded as the best...also the most expensive. Yamaha makes good burners as well, though they take different approaches.
Look up Z-CLV and P-CAV on CD burner related sites...
24x is the fastest you can buy now, but QPS said that they'd have 32x burners out by late December.
I just got a 24x burner myself from QPS and I can easily say that it kicks a lot of ass. I have burned about 10 CD-R/RWs so far, and have one made one coaster. The machine was not at fault though, I aborted the burn
The mechinism in this burner is a Plextor, so I can vouch for them being the best around.
<strong>24x is the fastest you can buy now, but QPS said that they'd have 32x burners out by late December.
I just got a 24x burner myself from QPS and I can easily say that it kicks a lot of ass. I have burned about 10 CD-R/RWs so far, and have one made one coaster. The machine was not at fault though, I aborted the burn
The mechinism in this burner is a Plextor, so I can vouch for them being the best around.
Good luck!
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Does this burner work with iTunes? It isn't listed on the supported third party burners page.
I have a 24x TDK that I shoved into a QPS enclosure, and it doesn't burn on my Mac nearly as fast as it does on a fast PC. I don't know why. I think it's the Roxio Toast drivers.
You should at least be aware of the compatibility of the CD-RW's with Retrospect, iTunes, and Toast. You need Toast to copy CD's as well as making bootable CD's, which Apple software does not do. I was also interested in using Retrospect to do computer backups. I was *shocked* to find out how few external CD-RW's Retrospect was compatible with. None of the recent fast LaCie's, for example, and never faster than 16x. QPS and EZ Quest are supported at 16X by Retrospect. I have listed the relevant compatibility websited below for you to check out.
<strong>I have the 8x smartdisk VST cd-rw that came with my powerbook G4, and it's pretty sweet. So nice to get power over the firewire port.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I placed my order for this drive today. To rebut EmAn's claim, speed is not the only issue. You have to also consider usage, space, style, cost, OS X support, etc...
I chose the SmartDisk for the bus power, small size, style, and portability with my iBook. I had a QPS (4x, it died), that I only used with one computer because of its bulky size and huge power brick.
I placed my order for this drive today. To rebut EmAn's claim, speed is not the only issue. You have to also consider usage, space, style, cost, OS X support, etc...
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Sorry, I didn't mean that speed was the only issue. To me it would be important in making the decision for my next burner. I would want one that's got BurnProof and all of the things you have mentioned.
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Look up Z-CLV and P-CAV on CD burner related sites...
I just got a 24x burner myself from QPS and I can easily say that it kicks a lot of ass. I have burned about 10 CD-R/RWs so far, and have one made one coaster. The machine was not at fault though, I aborted the burn
The mechinism in this burner is a Plextor, so I can vouch for them being the best around.
Good luck!
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<strong>24x is the fastest you can buy now, but QPS said that they'd have 32x burners out by late December.
I just got a 24x burner myself from QPS and I can easily say that it kicks a lot of ass. I have burned about 10 CD-R/RWs so far, and have one made one coaster. The machine was not at fault though, I aborted the burn
The mechinism in this burner is a Plextor, so I can vouch for them being the best around.
Good luck!
[ 11-26-2001: Message edited by: The Dude ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Does this burner work with iTunes? It isn't listed on the supported third party burners page.
So nice to get power over the firewire port.
<a href="http://dbs.dantz.com/hardware/FMPro?-db=hardware.fp5&-format=default.htm&-findall"; target="_blank">http://dbs.dantz.com/hardware/FMPro?-db=hardware.fp5&-format=default.htm&-findall</a>;
<a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/notes.html"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/itunes/notes.html</a>;
<a href="http://www.roxio.com/en/jhtml/cdrdatabase/database.jhtml"; target="_blank">http://www.roxio.com/en/jhtml/cdrdatabase/database.jhtml</a>;
One thing I noticed is that the LaCie drive does not support variable packet writing. What is this exactly, and is it important?
Reccomendations?
<strong>I have the 8x smartdisk VST cd-rw that came with my powerbook G4, and it's pretty sweet. So nice to get power over the firewire port.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I placed my order for this drive today. To rebut EmAn's claim, speed is not the only issue. You have to also consider usage, space, style, cost, OS X support, etc...
I chose the SmartDisk for the bus power, small size, style, and portability with my iBook. I had a QPS (4x, it died), that I only used with one computer because of its bulky size and huge power brick.
Not to mention, i got it for $250 on Buy.com.
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I placed my order for this drive today. To rebut EmAn's claim, speed is not the only issue. You have to also consider usage, space, style, cost, OS X support, etc...
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Sorry, I didn't mean that speed was the only issue. To me it would be important in making the decision for my next burner. I would want one that's got BurnProof and all of the things you have mentioned.
You should get an IDE 32x12x40x Lite-On, they will be shipping pretty soon.