| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2001 at 11:09:52 |
| Subject: | RE: AA22 review of the PlexWriter |
Alan Buxey said,
>> CD writers are getting faster and cheaper. This may be false economy. By
>> the time you have a system able to handle a 16X drive, 24X drives may be
>> available for less.
> ..but then you'd never buy a drive or hardware. depending on the cost of
> what your interested in , the basis for buying a 16x (for example) instead
> of the 8x, even though your current interface can only run it at 8x, could
> be sound.
Of course you would. It's just that you can't make future-proof
purchases when the future changes so quickly. A 16X drive is a good
investment, if you can use it at 16X now. But buying it because you'll
be able to use it at 16X next year is daft, the 24X drives are already
out, who knows how fast they'll be next year, and at the same price as
the current fastest drive.
>> haven't announced a SCSI drive this fast. Their latest IDE drive is 24X
>> (and it's a real 24X using CLV) but their fastest SCSI drive is still
>> last year's 12X model. What are Mac users supposed to do?
> Its all about supply and demand...sure, the SCSI kit is nice, but if
> theres only a few thousand users worldwide...well, they'll stop making
> them.
It's odd that Yamaha, perceived as a more consumer oriented company, are
still making SCSI drives. Maybe Plextor have a strong need to make
short term cost savings.
> Mac users with IDE use the IDE drive :-)
And Mac users without IDE, or space for an internal drive?
Cheers
Neil
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