Hey all...
I've got the option of getting the Yamaha 8x8x24 IDE CD-RW for ~ $80 shipped because I have a couple bestbuy.com gift certs. Should I go with it or get the Plextor 8x4x32 at buy.com for ~ $160?
I kinda want to skimp but I dunno... I got in on a deal for the Smart & Friendly CD TurboWriter RW (6x4x24 IDE) during the Value America fiasco ($120) but it just isn't being friendly. First of all some crappy Mac/PC combo disk for my Umax Scanmaker X6 almost made it pop out the side of the computer. That disk serious screwed with the drive. Had to do a hard shut down because it locked up tight.
While the drive works just fine it doesn't like cheapo media like the Kingston 8x stuff from outpost.com (which I have 6 x 50 packs of sitting right here).
So basically time for a new drive and the old one gets flea bayed. Which drive? Plextor or Yamaha.
I waver because:
1) 8x RW! That is kinda sweet!
2) Half the cost due to certs.
EDIT: oh yeah, and no SCSI. I don't want SCSI. Yeah, it's great, yadda yadda, but no, no SCSI. Also I do have a second drive now so my burner won't be used for wasteful reading. If only these Philips/Toshiba 6x DVD drives from the OfficeMax deal didn't lock up sometimes...
I've got the option of getting the Yamaha 8x8x24 IDE CD-RW for ~ $80 shipped because I have a couple bestbuy.com gift certs. Should I go with it or get the Plextor 8x4x32 at buy.com for ~ $160?
I kinda want to skimp but I dunno... I got in on a deal for the Smart & Friendly CD TurboWriter RW (6x4x24 IDE) during the Value America fiasco ($120) but it just isn't being friendly. First of all some crappy Mac/PC combo disk for my Umax Scanmaker X6 almost made it pop out the side of the computer. That disk serious screwed with the drive. Had to do a hard shut down because it locked up tight.
While the drive works just fine it doesn't like cheapo media like the Kingston 8x stuff from outpost.com (which I have 6 x 50 packs of sitting right here).
So basically time for a new drive and the old one gets flea bayed. Which drive? Plextor or Yamaha.
I waver because:
1) 8x RW! That is kinda sweet!
2) Half the cost due to certs.
EDIT: oh yeah, and no SCSI. I don't want SCSI. Yeah, it's great, yadda yadda, but no, no SCSI. Also I do have a second drive now so my burner won't be used for wasteful reading. If only these Philips/Toshiba 6x DVD drives from the OfficeMax deal didn't lock up sometimes...