Adam Treister wrote: > > I'm waiting for the same thing. I bought a USB CDR for the Mac from Que, > and had to return it because it only worked at the slowest speed. When I > queried the sales rep at MacWorld, he said the FireWire is a much better > product. > The throughput better, and the USB standard is apparently interpreted quite > differently by different vendors. His advice to me was hold out a couple > months and get Firewire. Adam (& fellow flowers)... the QPS QUE! firewire drive is slated to be shipped next week. They have 2 config's: 24x6x4 and 32x8x4, and the cheapest price I've seen is Outpost.com ($299 and $399 respectively). Both have 2mb buffers (see www.qps-inc.com for full specs). USB was never really a good choice for speedy data transfer- the hot swapping, extensive daisy chaining, and no need for termination are the only positive features (IMHO). Firewire and SCSI II are your best bets for burning, unless you have unlimited patience (as I do NOT) ;-) > Of course DVD writers are coming up soon, too, so whatever you get > will be outmoded quickly. The problem with DVD is that "industry standard" is still being determined- so if you went that way, you may not have universal access to info on the disks. Plus, at a minimum you need the special drives for reading. At least with the CD-R/RW's, you can pop them into almost all CD-ROMs. Just my 2 cents- > Adam Bunny ******************************************************* Bunny Cotleur +*+ Bunny Cotleur Cleveland Clinic Foundation *+* 2001 Lester RD Neurosciences NC30 +*+ Valley City, OH 44280 9500 Euclid Avenue *+* 330-483-4800 Cleveland, OH 44195 +*+ bcotleur@ohio.net 216-444-1164 *+* cotleua@ccf,org +*+ ******************************************************* When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. (Shunryu Suzuki)
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