Burning ROM 4.0 and Prassi AbCD, one-year warranty, toll support for 14 hours weekdays and Saturdays and 8 hours Sundays. Newer packagings have revised hardware and software. This speedy 16X drive features great performance. A handy video walks novices through the installation process. Bolstered by excellent read performance and good write performance, this drive features a large buffer and a sturdy tray mechanism.
Drive offers strong overall performance, and such niceties as one-step software installation.
The extensive software bundle includes HP Simple Backup and HP CD Labeler. Superb CD-R performance and drivers for easily extracting CD audio tracks make this an excellent pick. This is a strong performer for its speed class. To gauge CD-ROM read performance, we use Testa Labs' CD Tach 98 version 2.0 and install Microsoft's Office 2000 suite in its default configuration. To test CD-R read performance, we copy the same 430MB of data to the hard drive.