What do you do while burning CDs?

[SinNisTeR]

play UT

 

irc, browse, listen to music, the usual.

Its more like Im doing other things, and then in the middle i burn a CD.

 

[Thump553]

You youngsters-I was one of the paranoid oldies who wouldn't touch the mouse, etc. while burning. And for good reason-stuff like burn-proof is only a little more than a year old (still don't have a personal burner with it) and burning software back 2-3 years ago was a whole lot less polished than it is now. Plus CD blanks don't cost a couple of bucks APIECE now-I used to really flinch when I made a coaster.

I remember someone on this board posting a story about their boss checking wastepaper baskets for coasters and chewing out those who made too many.

Anyway, since I still don't have burnproof, at work (SCSI) I essentially do anything but something that requires intense disk access-like formatting a floppy. At home (IDE) I browse or take a break.

I prefer half size cases or paper sleeves for games & apps, full size cases for audio. I never ever use CD labels-am paranoid they will throw the CD off balance or worse.

 

[ttn1]

Three words "Dedicated Burning Machine"

I just switch to my other machine. Although moving all the way to the other side of my desk is a pain sometimes.

 

[slag]

I have an imation 12x burner (really a sanyo with burnproof), that has never let me down.

Last night I was burning a cd, had DC going with about 70K/sec worth of transfers going, and playing wolfenstein 3D and had a good burn. It took about 2 minutes longer than normal, but it burned fine.

 

[Electric Amish]

I am unable to do anything else without making a coaster.

I was un-impressed with my new Lite-On 16x/10x/40x burner with burn-proof. I thought I would be able to do something else during the burn, but I can't.

My system is 1ghz w/ 256mb sdram. I use NERO that came with the drive.

amish