CenDyne 4x4x24 IDE CD-RW Drive (PC)

Rating:
Summary: Not a good value
Review: Well although I haven't purchased, owned, or used one of these drives, let me just tell you prospectful consumers that you shouldn't buy it, especially for the listed price. It costs [$$]and writes at 4x, rewrites at the same speed, and reads at 24x. Maybe it works fine, but that is extremely slow! You can get a new burner for just a dollar more, and the speed will be 24x/10x/32x or similar! And it has the same hookup. Go with a Plexwriter (great cd-rw reputation), HP model, (high-quality EVERYTHING, I have a HP printer, scanner, burner; all work great) or something from I/O Magic- decent, but sometimes there are installation problems and possible incompatibilities. (I own their 16x12x32 burner)
Just remember that when you get a new burner, DO NOT have more than one burning program installed at once! My computer was out of commission for weeks (couldn't even load windows) because of complications of this. So anyway, even if this burner works fine, you're much better off getting a faster, more reputable burner for the same price.

Rating:
Summary: Well worth the money!
Review: Well, I must say that I love this writer! I bought this for Christmas and boy what a Christmas present it has been! The gift that keeps giving! It had a piece of paper in it congratulating me for being lucky and getting a 8X8 as a promotional thing, so it isn't slow like I thought I was going to get. The software, Nero, is one of the easiest I've worked with, copying on the fly or checking and copying. The only bad thing I have to say about this is that I never did get the 30.00 rebate, which I'm checking into, but, all in all, I think it works great!