Which is considered better – cd writer drive or cd rw?
A4. Today’s modern writing drives can handle both the CD-R and CD-RW formats; therefore buy the drive that does both and that gives you the greatest flexibility. Q5. Oak Technology Corporation: a> well known? b> reliability of the Delta CD-ROM? c>capability of the Delta CD-ROM (his reads some CDs by PC Mag. but not all). A5. Oak technology makes most of the IDE CDROM drivers used today. They also make CDROM hardware. (Not familiar with the Delta CDROM device… however if a given CDROM (not RW or R) can be read by some drives and not others, it may be an alignment probem on the questionable drive especially if the drive is rated at 12X or higher. Some 8X drives have been known to have speed problems. If the drive is 2X, the CDROM may have been cut for 4X speed and that will create a problem. Q6. What type of DVD do you recommend? A6. DVD technology is still changing and evolving and you may want to reconsider a purchase. Besides, other than watching movies, there is no DVD imperative t
