Iomega CD-RW 52X32X52X ( 32885 )

Rating:
Summary: Love the drive, hate the software
Review: I like this little drive. It's smaller than the ZipCD650. I'm using this one with my Grape iMac 333Mhz. It comes with Charismac DiscBurn, which does basic job, but you can't make hybrid discs without a separate hard drive. Needless to say this is most inconvenient; you also cannot make mp3 CDs with it, and you can't name your CDs. (if you try to, you still just get Audio CD on your desktop.)

Toast does not recognize the drive and locks up the computer trying to find it. I realized this when I checked Roxio's compatible drive list and found the 52x32x52 wasn't there. (Apple system profiler sees it as one number, a different number is the Model number, neither number is on the list.) So! I'd love to use Toast with this but can't. I haven't tried it with DiscBurn.

I can use HotBurn basic with it, but again, I can't make hybrids or mp3 CDs, which were SO easy when I was still on 9.0 and had the ZipCD.

In short, it's hard to be 100% positive about the drive when it won't work without a program, and the programs I want to use with it won't recognize it. You can't even use it as a CD-Rom without a driver provided by the burning software. My recommendation for a Mac user is check with Roxio (who makes Toast) before you buy a drive.