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Why two optical drives?
I notice that most Dells offer a dual optical drive option. Aside from on
the fly disc duplication, what am I missing by only having say a DVD-RW? Thanks. |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:45:09 -0500, "Cyrius7"
wrote: I notice that most Dells offer a dual optical drive option. Aside from on the fly disc duplication, what am I missing by only having say a DVD-RW? Thanks. Most DVD-ROM drive will rip faster than the burner. If that matters to you. Some people also prefer to save wear and tear on the buner with a second drive. With the cost of drives dropping, that's less of a concern, IMO. Dave |
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"Cyrius7" wrote in message ... I notice that most Dells offer a dual optical drive option. Aside from on the fly disc duplication, what am I missing by only having say a DVD-RW? Thanks. Thats about it, aside from having a faster CDROM drive. I presume the DVD-RW also burns CD's? What about CDRW's? -NuTs |
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"Cyrius7" wrote:
I notice that most Dells offer a dual optical drive option. Aside from on the fly disc duplication, what am I missing by only having say a DVD-RW? Some of the Does-It-All drives are _really_ slow with (say) CD-RW disks, IME. |
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DVD-ROM drives are read-only. You must mean DVD+/- R/W.
In normal use, a DVD drive does not "wear out". Ted Zieglar "Dave" wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:45:09 -0500, "Cyrius7" wrote: I notice that most Dells offer a dual optical drive option. Aside from on the fly disc duplication, what am I missing by only having say a DVD-RW? Thanks. Most DVD-ROM drive will rip faster than the burner. If that matters to you. Some people also prefer to save wear and tear on the buner with a second drive. With the cost of drives dropping, that's less of a concern, IMO. Dave |
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No, I meant DVD-ROM.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:10:53 -0500, "Ted Zieglar" wrote: DVD-ROM drives are read-only. You must mean DVD+/- R/W. In normal use, a DVD drive does not "wear out". Ted Zieglar "Dave" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:45:09 -0500, "Cyrius7" wrote: I notice that most Dells offer a dual optical drive option. Aside from on the fly disc duplication, what am I missing by only having say a DVD-RW? Thanks. Most DVD-ROM drive will rip faster than the burner. If that matters to you. Some people also prefer to save wear and tear on the buner with a second drive. With the cost of drives dropping, that's less of a concern, IMO. Dave |
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