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There are plenty of choices when looking for
a CD drive. Once the only choice was speed, back then a 6x or 8x
was about the fastest thing you could get, now the cheapest basic
drive starts around 52x speed. There are plenty of choices when it
comes to CD drives now and what you buy depends on what you intend
to do with your computer. If you are only using your PC as a word
processor, you may only use your drive once every 6 months so you
may have no need for a expensive superfast drive. Most drives are
called IDE drives that means they plug directly into the
motherboard like a hard drive, some SCSI drives are also
available, these need a SCSI card to operate. Below is a list of
common CD /DVD Terminology. CD-ROM
This stands for Compact Disk Read Only Memory. This means you cant
copy files to the disk. Most computers now have a CD-ROM Drive.
These types of drive are very cheap.
Sony 52X Internal IDE CD Drive
CD-R This stands for Compact Disk Recordable.
You can copy files onto a blank disk only once, blank disks are
very cheap and hold 650 to 700Mb. These drives are now hard to
find new as CD-RW has now become more affordable ad will do the
same job as a CD-R drive as well.
BenQ 52x32x52x CD-RW Drive CD-RW
This stands for Compact Disk Rewriteable. You can copy files over
and over again on a CD-RW disk, the disks are very expensive when
compared to a CD-R disk. Most CD-RW Drives will also do CD-R.
BenQ 52x32x52x CD-RW Drive
DVD or DVD-rom This Stands for Digital Versatile Disk. A
DVD can hold much more than a CD can and only DVD drives can play
both CDs and DVDs some new game come on DVD for added graphics.
PIONEER 16x 40x Slot Loading DVD-ROM Drive
DVD-R This Stands for
Digital Versatile Disk Recordable. You can copy files onto a blank
disk only once. Like the CD-R these drives are now harder to find
new as DVD-RW has now become more affordable.
BenQ DVD+RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 Drive DVD-RW
This Stands for Digital Versatile Disk Rewriteable. You can copy
files over and over again on a DVD-RW disk.
BenQ DVD+RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 Drive |
