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Brea Donovan

Hi All,

I'm looking to replace a failing CD writer. What are some of the better
brands and models these days? Any advice really appreciated.
 
Brea said:
Hi All,

I'm looking to replace a failing CD writer. What are some of the better
brands and models these days? Any advice really appreciated.
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Inexpensive lite-on models seem to be rather popular. I own one myself
and am quite happy with it. A 48x24x48x model.

Ari

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spodosaurus said:
Inexpensive lite-on models seem to be rather popular. I own one myself
and am quite happy with it. A 48x24x48x model.

Ari
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My current writer that is acting up is a lite-on. Only a few years old. I
was hoping for something a little longer lived....
 
Brea said:
spodosaurus wrote:





My current writer that is acting up is a lite-on. Only a few years old. I
was hoping for something a little longer lived....
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My mitsubishi one lasted just past its warranty IIRC, a little over a
year. That's when I got the lite-on one. There are more expensive
writers out there, such as ...hmmm...it's on the tip of my tongue...hold
on, will google for it...

A just remembered: plextor

Then again, there are plenty of generic writers out there, too. They're
only like $35 USD (that's an in-your-head dollar conversion from the
approximately $52 AUD they cost here at a local shop) and if you get one
that dies after 2 years, well, that's bad luck I guess. You take that
chance with any mechanical piece of computer hardware it seems. Look
for warranties beyond the 1 year mark if you're worried about this, or
see if the retailer offers the option to purchase an extended warranty
(but for a product that costs $35 bucks??).

HTH,

Ari


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Hi All,

I'm looking to replace a failing CD writer. What are some of the better
brands and models these days? Any advice really appreciated.
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I've been through a few of them and like Philips best. I'm not a guru
on this, so take with a grain of salt. I chose mine partly because it's
on the Linux-compatible hardware list, if I ever decide to try it.

Incidentally, your "failing" problem might be caused by dust
accumulation on the laser lens. Get a can of compressed air and blow it
off, or get one of those disks with little brushes on them. I almost
tossed a perfectly good drive once until I found out about that little
trick.
 
Brea said:
I would encourage you to try Linux. Mandrake and Redhat are two distros
suitable for beginners but even so - there is a learning curve involved.
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I MUCH prefer SuSE. IMHO it's the easiest to install, set up, and use.
 
W7TI said:
I've been through a few of them and like Philips best. I'm not a guru
on this, so take with a grain of salt. I chose mine partly because it's
on the Linux-compatible hardware list, if I ever decide to try it.
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I would encourage you to try Linux. Mandrake and Redhat are two distros
suitable for beginners but even so - there is a learning curve involved.

It's refreshing to be free of windows - even more refreshing to be free of
the MS philosophy that my machine will connect to scores of other machines
at will.
 
I would encourage you to try Linux. Mandrake and Redhat are two distros
suitable for beginners but even so - there is a learning curve involved.

It's refreshing to be free of windows - even more refreshing to be free of
the MS philosophy that my machine will connect to scores of other machines
at will.
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I've tried it in the past and been disappointed. I'm sure it's fine for
geeks, but I'm not one and besides, there are not enough ham radio
programs for it.

WinXP cost me about $100 on ebay and for the money, it was a far better
investment than the "free" Linux. I spent FAR more that $100 worth of
my time trying to get Linux to work and never did, mainly due to
hardware incompatibility with my soundcard and modem. XP worked right
out of the box.

No, thanks. Whether you like MS or not, their software is fine with me.
 
I've tried it in the past and been disappointed. I'm sure it's fine for
geeks, but I'm not one and besides, there are not enough ham radio
programs for it.
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Ham radio? But _you are_ a geek! Linux was made for you!



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Ham radio? But _you are_ a geek! Linux was made for you!
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That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all day. :-)
 
I've tried it in the past and been disappointed. I'm sure it's fine for
geeks, but I'm not one and besides, there are not enough ham radio
programs for it.
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No doubt that has been the case in the past. But the newer versions
are quite pleasant. I'm using Mandrake 9.2rc2 which is a near final
beta. Works fine. Everything was recognized on first boot.




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everything? on what kind of machine?


Jim Strand said:
No doubt that has been the case in the past. But the newer versions
are quite pleasant. I'm using Mandrake 9.2rc2 which is a near final
beta. Works fine. Everything was recognized on first boot.




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| On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:06:53 GMT, -= ®atzofratzo =-
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| >Ham radio? But _you are_ a geek! Linux was made for you!
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| That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all day. :-)

You have my deepest sympathy! ;-)

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I've tried it in the past and been disappointed. I'm sure >it's fine for
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geeks, but I'm not one and besides, there are >not enough ham radio programs
for it.

Rest assured that if you're a ham radio operator then you qualify as a geek.

h
 
_________________________________________________________

I've been through a few of them and like Philips best. I'm not a guru
on this, so take with a grain of salt. I chose mine partly because it's
on the Linux-compatible hardware list, if I ever decide to try it.
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Phillips are the most boringly stable hardware makers bar non.
Expect nothing but excellence :)
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That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all day. :-)
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