Roxanne Pierce wrote:

> I (finally) need to begin my education on CD-ROM burners.
>
> 1.  Are there any good web sites that have overall information about CD-ROM
> writers, re-writeables, and whatever other flavor of CD-ROM burners that
> are out there today?  (I don't even know what types are  available, the
> pro's and con's, and the general specifications of different types.  Sigh.
> I'm *really* starting from scratch.)

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> 2.  From the list's experience, are there any particularly good or
> particularly bad models?

Yes there are in if you subscribe to this list in a weeks time (just reading
the posts) you'll know more about burning than you wanted to <g>

> 3.  What manufacturers make CD-ROM burners?

A lot of them are packaged by somebody else but the manufacturer is another.
This is something you want to take into consideration. I know Mitsumi makes
them (I got one and they're great an inexpensive, Mark' got one too) and Hi-Val
is one of the packers for it. Yamaha does the same I believe.

> 4.  Am I correct in assuming that a CD-ROM burner is not really designed to
> replace a standard CD-ROM drive in an end-user's system?

David G gave you the scoop on that and you really need a reader in order to do
disk to disk copying.

> 5.  Am I correct in my assumption that some sort of software is bundled
> with the purchase of a CD-ROM burner, so that a separate software purchase
> is not necessary.  (Just buy the hardware, install it with the included
> software, and go!)

Yes, Mitsumi packs theirs with Adaptec Easy CD Creator. It's the best SW out
there unless you want to get into high fidelity music CD making.

> Thanks for any help.

Your quite welcome. If you need any help setting it up let me know so you won't
have to go through what I went through <g>

Jose

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