Acer CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive

Advantages: its an all in one
Disadvantages: can be noisy at times!

...machine. But like all PC parts it got faster, it could do more, and the prices were falling by the month. That was 6 years ago and my has time flown since then. With customer demand came customer satisfaction. No longer do we need loads of everything when nowadays you can put it all in one box Why buy more than you need eh? Exactly! So why buy a CD-RW and a DVD-Rom when you can get all you need in one machine, just like this Samsung CD-RW/DVD-ROM. It makes sense to buy this because look at the money your saving instead of buying 2 drives. Now you can free up a drive bay on your PC and utilise it a lot better e.g. why not put a DVD burner in to go with your new DVD-ROM. Making back-ups 'on-the-fly' is a dream with the Samsung. It can read DVD's at 16X which is standard reading speed for DVD's. It can burn CD-R's at a staggering... Read review

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Advantages: It is functional
Disadvantages: To many problems

...): 512 MB Screen Size: 15 inches Primary Drive: DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Features: 10/100 LAN Card USB, Firewire Operating System WiFi Enabled Modem The DVD rom drive is very good and fast and great for recording onto disc's but I have found that over time the processer seem's to be really struggling to keep up with more than two tasks at a time. The hard drive is plenty for me to store my information but for a lot of people you would need to upgrade this to a much larger size. Overall I would not recommend this laptop really as if it wasn't for the insurance I took out it would have only lasted a year and when it comes to getting parts from Acer the insurance company had real problems. As for Acer customer service well I must say it is non-exsistant I had trouble getting it in under warranty and had to complain... Read review

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Advantages: All you need in one box
Disadvantages: Not much memory

...the vast majority of home PC's rarely use above 20-30Gb. The downside of having large hard drives becomes apparent when you come to defragment them, the time increase can be significant. The PC comes supplied as standard with DVD ROM / CD RW allowing you to watch DVD movies on your PC. Again I have tried this and even with the standard spec it performed very well. As this is a CD-RW combo unit you can also record audio / data / video CD. As a bonus, any one concerned about costs associated with breakdowns, shouldn't be. Acer provide an impressive 3 year warranty with this particular model. The majority of manufacturers only provide 12 months. A summary of this PC would be a Mid - Low end price range. It doesn't have all the features more expensive PC's. What it does give you is a basic, fast, reliable and well built PC... Read review

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