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It is cheaper, has a firmware upgrade to enable Dual Layer burning, and has a
good review by someone who has the Plextor burner I have been drooling over for
about a year now.

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:12:46 -0400
James Sumners <james at sumners.ath.cx> wrote:

> You have me convinced. Typically I wait until I can afford a Plextor but I
> just looked up this drive on NewEgg and it is $75. This drive sounds like the
> perfect drive to tide me over until I can afford a dual-layer, faster, burner
> from Plextor.
> 
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:12:03 -0400
> "Keith R. Watson" <keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > I've seen the OEM version of the Sony DRU-530A p/n DWU18A for $80 at 
> > NewEgg. We have just started using them so I can't give you first hand 
> > experience but according to the hardware reviews I've read it's a solid 
> > drive and not as picky about media as some of the other drives.
> > 
> > keith
> 
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technically interesting there. In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money
than it is at making good operating systems.  -- Linus Torvalds


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