CDRlabs presents today a review of the APS 40/12/48 CD-RW drive. This drive is able to connect to your PC trough the USB2.0 and FireWire.
The drive has a 4MB buffer and Sanyo's BURN-Proof technology to prevent buffer underruns. Software for both Windows and Apple Mac comes with the drive. Here are the highs and lows:
Highs: |
One of the fastest 40x writers currently available.
Includes USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces.
Very easy to install and move between computers.
Excellent data transfer speeds with pressed and CD-R media.
Features Sanyo's BURN-Proof and FlexSS-BP technologies.
Very good DAE speeds.
Has a 4MB buffer.
Includes Roxio's Easy CD Creator and Toast recording suites.
Lows:
Seek times are higher than average.
Very loud when reading and writing CD's.
Poor performance when reading scratched and dirty discs.
The drive has a maximum CD-RW read speed of only 32x.
A few problems rewriting at 12x with DirectCD
Read the entire review of this drive at CDRLabs over here.
Source: CDRlabs.com
