re cd i in article ps d innrc srvr engin umich edu chyang leghorn engin umich edu chung hsiung yang writes in article bauer bauer informatik uni ulm de christian bauer writes in article afi shs vohmrylee andrew cmu edu donpaul c stephens deathbird cmu edu wrote what is the difference i want a double spin cd rom drive by may looking into nec and apple doublespins only what is the best nec toshiba and sony apple nearly deliver the same speed as apples prices are very low compared to there ram simms you should buy what is inexpencive but think of driver revisions it is easier to get driver kits from apple than from every other manufacturer christian bauer bauer informatik uni ulm de i thought nec and toshiba cd rom mechanism have an average access time of less than ms while the sony apple cd rom drive has an access time of ms for the doublespin models chung yang i have the a cd technology drive with the toshiba mechanism and it is supposedly the fast and best now it has an access of ms and a data transfer rate kb sec it is multisession photo cd compatible it is available from educorp for the cd technology one and comes with two mail in coupons for two free cds i m not sure if the cd s are good since i ve only had the drive a little less than a month and had the cd s shipped to my home address in california instead of here in maryland the cd technology drive has a separate power supply separated from the drive which supposedly gives it a longer life and keeps it cleaner with no fan to attract dust a toshiba brand drive is also available but i think the cd technology is better since you get the same mechanism and at a slightly lower price with two free cds the apple i drive sony mechanism is around a ms access time i think and a data transfer rate of kb sec i know it is the slowest of the three mentioned here it is not widely available except through the apple catalog which is bad at a price of only it is also multi session photo cd compatible i think the external model comes with free cds some of which are pretty good the nec drive has been out the longest it has an access time of ms and a data transfer rate of kb sec it is available from many vendors around dollars including educorp it wasn t multi sesssion photo cd compatible before but i hear that the current version that is shipping is owners of the older drives can get an upgrade it does not come with any free cd s unless you buy it in a bundle of the three cd rom drives above i think the best choices would be the apple drive and the cd technology toshiba drive the apple drive for it s compatibility with apple products and the cd technology toshiba for it s speed and performance btw the models of the drives are apple applecd or applecd i internal cd technology cd t the toshiba brand name model i m not sure but it is also something like with nec cdr i m very happy with my drive and have had no compatibility problems whatsoever if i am wrong about any of the above do correct me but i am pretty sure of myself even when i think i m not also some of you out there might notice that i have the same last name as the president of cd technology which happens to be in southern california my hometown however i am not a relative nor do i know the guy liu is just a common chinese name especially in southern california with the enormous chinese community besides one of my doctors in california has three steve liu s as patients and another steve liu comes to my school and lives in the next dorm this is to show that liu is very common steve steve liu i wish for a better sig drlovemd jhunix hcf jhu edu suggestions are very welcome drlovemd jhuvms hcf jhu edu
