it'll wear out just as fast as a cdrom drive will. there are different lasers for reading and writing (I'm 75% sure on this one) <BR><BR>oh, and pc world has not been a good source for about the last ...

Novice PC buyers face a difficult choice: whether to get a CD-ROM drive, a DVD drive or a CD-RW drive that reads and writes CD-ROMs. For me, it’s an easy decision. I’d get a CD-RW, which stands for ...

I’ve had a pretty good relationship with my PowerBook G3/333MHz over the years. Since I got it in 1999 it’s traveled everywhere with me, on road trips, to countless trade shows, even on vacation. I’m ...

HLDS (Hitachi-LG Data Storage) and TSST (Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology) are soon to cease manufacturing of both CD-ROM and CD-RW drives. Not too big of a surprise since the last time I went ...

The war over DVD recording standards will escalate Monday when Hewlett-Packard unwraps the details on its first DVD drive for PCs that lets people repeatedly record on discs. The DVD-writer dvd100i, ...

Sony Electronics announced its next generation of DVD+RW drives, which support write-once recording on DVD+R discs. Both the DRU-120A ATAPI internal model and the DRX-120L i.LINK external burner ...

A fair collection of hardware and software came with the Teac CD-W552E. Teac included the necessary cabling to connect the drive to the system and 4 screws to mount it. A generic 52X CD-R and 4X-10X ...

Apple has finally started putting internal CD-RW drives in its new systems, but that’s of little comfort to those who own earlier Macs. If you long for the unlimited capacity, quick file sharing, and ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. If the new 52X CD drives could actually write at 52X ...

The war over DVD recording standards will escalate Monday when Hewlett-Packard unwraps the details on its first DVD drive for PCs that lets people repeatedly record on discs. The DVD-writer dvd100i, ...