Hi Vince,

I would imagine that if you can burn CD's now, that you could burn CD's
just fine with the new drive even though it states 850Mhz minimum
requirements, especially if you use the same SW you use now. However,
authoring and making DVD movies may prove more of a challenge. Depending on
the software, even if it would "work" you may find it so slow that it is
useless to you anyway. I have a 3.2Ghz P4, and authoring and burning DVD's
is still too slow for my tastes, I can't even imagine what it would be like
on a 500Mhz P3.

Russ Poffenberger
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At 03:04 PM 4/20/2005, you wrote:
>My CD Writer died, and I need to get a new one.  I want to get a DVD burner
>instead, so I can burn both CDs and start to transfer our home movies over
>to DVD, the better to bore everyone with.   All the DVD burners I've seen
>so far claim they need 256MB (got it), PIII or higher (got it) and 850MHZ
>(don't got it - only have 500MHZ).
>
>Is the speed really essential?  Can I get by with 500MHZ, or will it either
>not work or be unbearably slow?  Thanks!

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