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 the toshiba has a ms access time the nec has a ms access time right around the sony apple access time is of course somewhat important but not as vital in the case of cds as data transfer rate all the drives are double speed drives with maximum data transfer rates of k second any is a good choice apple s is very cheap when included with new macs and i agree with christian s comment about drivers plus apple s is bootable on the centris and quadra a very nice feature if you need to install system software i don t know if the nec or toshiba are bootable on those machines mark
