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Thread ID: 12510 2001-10-30 22:14:00 Speedy CD-RW Guest (0) Press F1
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23144 2001-10-30 22:14:00 Hi

I am thinking of taking the next storage step and investing in an internal IDE CD-RW and I have three questions:

1) What is the fastest combination of R/W/RW and normal CD operation currently available?

2) Are any major speed improvements likely in the near future?

3) I hear/read in F1 that these drives seem to have a short life. What is the most reliable brand.

CD-RW drives don't seem to be review in PC World very often and it would be just my luck to buy just before the next speed increment is released.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
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23145 2001-10-30 22:49:00 1) 40/24/10
2) No 'major' increase, just the standard cranking up in speed - if they double the write speed from 24 you'd save about a minute.
3) Pass...
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23146 2001-10-30 23:07:00 Thanks Brent

Just one more question: Who produces drives with that speed rating?

Billy 8-{)
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23147 2001-10-30 23:19:00 No major speed increases, however work is underway on new Blue laser CD's, which using a blue laser rather than a red laser can record tracks much closer together on the CD...

Not sure of the details exactly, but apparently gives storage space even greater than that of a DVD.
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