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Dell Throws In For The +R/+RW Standard

Posted by timothy on from the mike-thinks-positive dept.

srothroc writes "Dell has been selling DVD+R burners for a while, but now they're tossing them in on free deals with some decent everyday consumer systems. I wonder if this increased support from one of two companies to pull a profit on PCs is going to tip the scale towards the +R format... If not, what's going to happen to the Dell users who have all of these +R drives if it turns out that -R wins out in the long run?"

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  1. d3ll 5uck5 by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 5, Funny
    what's going to happen to the Dell users who have all of these +R drives if it turns out that -R wins out in the long run?

    Dude, you're getting screwed.

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  2. +R vs -R by freeze128 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, I have a spot for the obsolete +R drives between my DC2120 tape drive and my zip drive.

  3. Re:Well... by DrVxD · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it'll be whichever one I buy that will lose (Happened with Beta, SyQuest 270, you name it). And since I've got a dual format DVD+/-R/RW you should all be worried...

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