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Burner Burning Out Question

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Stytis

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Someone told me that burners have very short life spans. They say that there is a set amount of possible reads and writes for each burner before eventually crapping out. This is the reason he has both a burner and CDROM, because he doesn't want to break his burner. I don't agree with this philosophy, but is there anybody that does.
 
Some people do, some people don't. There may be a finite number of reads and writes, but NO device will run for an infinite period of time.

I've been using an el-cheapo CD/RW drive as my only CD drive in one of my computers for over 2 years with no problems.
 
in my opinion, it's kinda like overclocking. SURE, you're shortening the life of the processor from, but are you REALLY gonna have the same comp. for 5 years?

cd-roms aren't built like rocks, but as long as you take care of it, it'll last plenty long under daily use....and i bet you'll grow tired of having an old-school cd-burner long before it physically breaks
 
The laser is 10x as powerfull when writing as it is when reading, so I doubt you will kill the laser much with reading. Also, take into consideration how long old CDroms and CDRW's are working. Also, sohcrates
has a point... even if it did only last 5 years instead of 10 how much are you gonna have to pay to replace it with something infinetaly better. I did read that Plextor uses metal gears instead of plastic for durability, so they should last 30years and be a decent collector's item someday.
 
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