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CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fastest-coasters-yet dept.

Sr.Mixalot writes "Just when you think you couldn't burn those shared MP3s any faster, Asus comes out with a 52X Burner. This review at Hot Hardware shows just how fast this drive is versus a Plextor 48X unit. Amazingly, this new breed of CDRW Drives can burn a complete 700MB CD in about 2.5 minutes!"

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  1. Some of us by SteweyGriffin · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just when you think you couldn't burn those shared MP3s any faster...

    I try to do everything ethically-sound. I'm not religious, and I've found that I'm generally a "better" person than most religious folks anyway.

    But that being said, I run a Free operating system. All of the software I use is Free as well. I don't need Microsoft Office; my kids write their papers in plain text and I convert it into HTML and print those out.

    My point is that not all of us burn "shared" (translation: stolen). The only CDs I'll ever burn are full of photos of family/friends, or backup copies of software/files, or audio CD mixes from CDs that I already own.

    I'm sorry, I just take offense (and it's early and I haven't had coffee ;) when people just assume that all burners of CDs are thieves. Because I'm not, and I don't want my kids to think so. I love them.

  2. What is the point of this ever-increasing speed ? by Lord+Hugh+Toppingham · · Score: 0, Troll
    Just how fast do these things actually need to be ?

    I mean, are we so pressed for time that we have to speed up everything ? What happened to patience ? Are Americans so obsessed with saving time that they will do absolutely anything to shave a few seconds off burning an MP3 ?

    No wonder American men have a worldwide reputation for premature ejaculation! They are just trying to save themselves valuable time.