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Jason Padgett · 03-08-2002, 12:20 AM

Well, if they already had the CDROM in there...I would leave it and add the CDRW. Why toss a completely good component.

If I was building a completely new system I would still have both. CDROMs are really cheap these days and typically CDROMs are faster than the CDRW at reading CDs. Plus, I believe there would be an added benefit of spreading the load of wear and tear across two drives. CDRWs can be fairly expensive (compared to CDROMs) and I like to use mine just to burn CDs.

03-08-2002, 12:20 AM	#3
Jason Padgett Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 242	Re: Cdrw & Cdrom?? Well, if they already had the CDROM in there...I would leave it and add the CDRW. Why toss a completely good component. If I was building a completely new system I would still have both. CDROMs are really cheap these days and typically CDROMs are faster than the CDRW at reading CDs. Plus, I believe there would be an added benefit of spreading the load of wear and tear across two drives. CDRWs can be fairly expensive (compared to CDROMs) and I like to use mine just to burn CDs.