Date: January 15th, 2003
Article by: Nathan Glentworth
(Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Samsung
Canada
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CONCLUSIONS & AFTERTHOUGHTS
Well, through testing this combo drive for the last three weeks, it has
been nothing but a delight. Nothing but clear sailing and complete enjoyment.
Burning a CD at a full speed 32x has never brought about a bad burn thanks
in part to the huge 8Mb buffer and the included buffer underrun technology.
One thing I will have to stress here is that this drive is amazingly quiet.
I mean "bend over and put your ear next to it" quiet. And with
the really quick loading, ejecting and 40+X data transfer, you will be
flying in no time with this beauty of a all-in-one unit. My hats are all
off for Samsung's attention to quality and detail. To anyone in the market
for a combo drive, I would have to say that this drive would be a really
good buy if you can find it. It's kind of hard keeping something on the
shelves that sells so well.
Pro's:
- Quiet
- Fast eject, load and data transfer rates
- relatively inexpensive
- Takes over for duty of two drives
Con's:
- Availability (find it if you can)
- Slower than expected burner times (but hey, it's a combo drive, not
a dedicated burner)
Got a question about this drive? email me HERE.
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