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CD Burning: What Route Should I Go?

I have no experience with CD burning and don't have a burner. I've gathered that some people feel you get best results from a dedicated outboard CD burner than from doing it on your computer. Pardon my computer illiteracy, but I have a Mac from 1998 with only CD-ROM. What would be the easiest route with the best sonic results for me to invest in a burner to make copies?

Are the sonics better from a direct burn than from storing the data on hard drive first?

My other concern would be the durability of the burner. A friend had excellent sonic results with a Philips burner, but the Philips didn't seem very durable, becoming sensitive to which blanks were used, and it finally died out after 3 years. Thanks for all opinions.
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rlwainwright
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I just bought an external NEC DVD/CD burner off FleaBay and I'm quite pleased with the product. It handles virtually every type of media available (CD/CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-RW/DVD+RW) and comes with both USB and Firewire interfaces and cables. All you need to add is a card to your Mac and you're good to go.

Here's a link to the same type of unit I bought - for only $119!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=44955&item=4132291639&rd=1

As for software, EAC is quite good, but a bit of a pain to use. If you're looking for something a little easier to use and with much more capability, take a look at Feurio, it ROCKS!

www.feurio.de

And, for those folks bashing Windows-based PCs - get a clue, fellas. The reason that Windows PCs get attacked more often by viruses is because Windows is present on approx. 95% of the desktops in the world. What hacker is gonna waste his time making a Mac-only virus for a measly 5% hit rate? EVERY OS is vulnerable to attack, Windows is just the biggest target.

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