CenDyne 4x4x24 IDE CD-RW Drive (PC)

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Summary: No Problem Drive
Review: After using this drive for 6 months I have to report not a problem has cropped up. Every disc I have tried has worked without a hitch. The enclosed Nero 5 software makes burning very easy. The documentation is sparse but all in all this is good drive.

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Summary: Okay for budget users
Review: CD recodable drives are very useful and convenient. I still do not understand why people are making zip drives and such. This is the future. Also, the price is great. Most cost more than this. However, there are problems that lower it from the five star level. It only writes CD-Rs at 4x. New drives can write at 12x. At 4x, writing a CD takes over 15 minutes. That can be very tedious. Also, this drive is internal. Those of you without a lot of computer knowledge should NOT buy this. Internal drives are not too easy to install. You can have a professinal do it, but it costs around 50 dollars. That is unwise. Unless you know how to install, you should buy an external drive. If you do have the knowledge, you are probably more than a casual user-- get a faster drive.

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Summary: Okay for budget users
Review: CD recodable drives are very useful and convenient. I still do not understand why people are making zip drives and such. This is the future. Also, the price is great. Most cost more than this. However, there are problems that lower it from the five star level. It only writes CD-Rs at 4x. New drives can write at 12x. At 4x, writing a CD takes over 15 minutes. That can be very tedious. Also, this drive is internal. Those of you without a lot of computer knowledge should NOT buy this. Internal drives are not too easy to install. You can have a professinal do it, but it costs around 50 dollars. That is unwise. Unless you know how to install, you should buy an external drive. If you do have the knowledge, you are probably more than a casual user-- get a faster drive.

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Summary: No Problem Drive
Review: Cendyne remarkets these drives so they seem to come from failed companies. Mine was noisy, never wrote, stopped reading 2 day after I got it. Cendyne support is only by email and has a long turnaround. The instructions were poor also.

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Summary: A Waste of Effort
Review: Cendyne remarkets these drives so they seem to come from failed companies. Mine was noisy, never wrote, stopped reading 2 day after I got it. Cendyne support is only by email and has a long turnaround. The instructions were poor also.

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Summary: Not Supported with Win95 Ver. 4.00.95
Review: Don't waist your time trying to install or your money buying.

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Summary: Beware of the rebate!
Review: For the price, this drive would be a good deal for any old system. The only problem being that it doesn't perform. It was easy to put in, but once it was, it just sat there. a good 4x drive should take around 15 min. to burn a cd, but this was more like an hour. If you plan on using the drive once a month or two, it would be fine. But any more than that and you might as well spend the extra money. This one would frustrate most users.

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Summary: Really not worth the Money
Review: For the price, this drive would be a good deal for any old system. The only problem being that it doesn't perform. It was easy to put in, but once it was, it just sat there. a good 4x drive should take around 15 min. to burn a cd, but this was more like an hour. If you plan on using the drive once a month or two, it would be fine. But any more than that and you might as well spend the extra money. This one would frustrate most users.

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Summary: Beware of the rebate!
Review: My friend and I both bought this CD-rw in the middle of December last year. So far none of us received the $30 rebate ,even our rebate status shown "rebate approved" 3 months ago on the rebate website. But I would say the drive itself is a good product. I made more than 150 cd copies from it without any problem,even though I constantly doing other works on the PC when It was burning.

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Summary: Great, inexpensive CD-RW Drive
Review: This is an exceptional product. I installed it myself and it works great. It comes with all the hardware and complete instructions on how to install and use it. I had it installed and burning in less than 30 minutes. For the price, it is an excellent cd burner. I am glad i chose this cd-rw for purchase.