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mojo2185
02-13-2004, 04:55 AM
Can someone please recommend a decent cd-rw drive that is external and uses USB (not usb 2.0 though). I'm not looking to spend a lot of money, but I need the drive to be reliable. I will be using it to burn data, music, and VCDs. So if someone could recommend a brand they use, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,
-mojo-

Virtualbody1234
02-13-2004, 05:06 AM
If you don't want USB 2.0 then be ready for something really slow.

mojo2185
02-13-2004, 10:02 PM
What about firewire? Any faster?
Thanks, I didn't realize usb ones were a lot slower (define slower please: 4x, 8x, 16x, or less than 4x :blink: )

Thanks for the reply

TheFilePirater
02-13-2004, 10:11 PM
1.) they dont make firewire burners

2.) 4x

mojo2185
02-13-2004, 10:18 PM
1.) they dont make firewire burners
2.) 4x
Thought i saw a firewire one, but I'm probably just going crazy. 4x is definately not worth it because thats what I just had.

Ok, changing my options, what INTERNALS would you guys recommend? One that supports overburn would be really good (for my vcds).

Thanks for the help

callum
02-13-2004, 10:21 PM
Originally posted by mojo2185@13 February 2004 - 21:18

1.) they dont make firewire burners
2.) 4x
Thought i saw a firewire one
You probably did.
http://www.kanguru.com/firewirecdrw.html

mojo2185
02-13-2004, 10:33 PM
Awesome, I'm not crazy!

Honestly though, I think at this point I would rather get an Internal though.
Any that can read DVDs?

Thanks for the link