Creative Labs CD-RW Blaster 8432x
Since the CD-RW Blaster 8432 is an internal drive that requires you
to open your PC and fiddle around with IDE cables and jumper settings,
we were dismayed to find no quick-start guide in the box. And even
though the manual is well written, setup is unnecessarily complex.
For instance, the installer asks you to identify which IDE port the
drive is connected to, a potentially confusing step for novices.
Once we got everything installed and configured, we learned that this drive is fast, but not as fast as its 8x rating suggests. ("x" ratings signify write speed; an 8x CD-RW transfers data eight times faster than playback speed.) If you plan on making numerous CDs, these extra minutes tend to add up quickly.
The centrepiece of this drive's software package is Nero, an intuitive, wizard-based CD burner interface that lets you create audio and data CDs easily. Extras in the box include both CD-R and CD-RW media, as well as a marking pen for labelling your disks. Disk-labelling software, however, is conspicuously absent from this bundle.
Creative Labs CD-RW Blaster 8432x
Company: Creative Labs
Ph: 02 9666 6100; Fax: 02 9666 6900
Price: AU$399.
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