Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!max.tiac.net!hoxley From: hoxley@max.tiac.net (Herb Oxley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom Subject: Mitsumi vs. Plextor? Date: Mon, 01 Aug 1994 09:15:31 -0400 Organization: In Need Of! Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <319im6$336@search01.news.aol.com> <31bmqj$qs7@jabba.cybernetics.net> <31c1rq$2m0@cronkite.cisco.com> Reply-To: hoxley@max.tiac.net NNTP-Posting-Host: max.tiac.net Summary: kb/sec not the only measure of CDROM drive value Originator: hoxley@max.tiac.net In article <31c1rq$2m0@cronkite.cisco.com>, pbjohnso@cisco.com (Paul Johnson) wrote [in part] : > [Mitsumi's more) 300Kb/s (or over 2Kb/s per dollar) gives you more data > transfer > per dollar than the Plextor (600Kb/s / $400= 1.5 kb/s per dollar). OK, fine and good IF kb/sec is the ONLY measure of drive value. However: What is the OS support of the Mitsumi vs. a Plextor CDROM? Are there drivers available for OS/2, WinNT, Linux etc? Will Mitsumi update their drivers and make the updates freely available or at nominal cost should a future OS release break the existing ones? What if a user's present or future applications (such as digital video) require greater than 300k /sec transfer rate? How about product quality? Availability of tech support, firmware updates and timely warranty service? a few things to chew on..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= + Herb Oxley, SYSOP MMASKS BBS + + hoxley@max.tiac.net + + Fidonet 1:101/435.0 + =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=