I don't think I qualify as "professional" on this (I deal with them, but I
don't think I'm professional, as these days, anything could be broken for no
reason), but as far as I know, DVD/CDRW combo usually don't give you good
result compare with DVD + CDRW. and the price is usually higher than what
you could buy a good DVD + a good CDRW. Unless you have strong reason to
MUST have a combo drive, I don't recommend any at this moment. I also
believe a combo drive has shorter "life time" compare with single drive.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Pfaff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:56 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] dvd/cd-r combo


> I was looking into purchasing a dvd/cd-r combo drive for my computer. I
want some professional advise because I hear that they can cause problems
due to the driver complexity. Any help apreciated.

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