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Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A CD-RW Drive
By Kelly Lu - August 11, 2001
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It seems that more and more people are adapting the CD-RW drive as a great way to store their own personal files or to backup software. Way back in 1998, when I first bought my 2X CD-RW drive, I never expected it to become so popular now. As an example, almost all of my computer-knowledgeable friends have one, and even many of my not-so-computer-literate friends do, too.
The industry has also adapted itself to the rise of the CD-RW drive. For example, MP3 players have recently become CD-R/CD-RW-enabled, allowing users to store about 10 hours of music onto a CD in MP3 form for playback on players such as the MiSEL. From the looks of things, the CD-RW drive seems like the best candidate to replace the much-too-old floppy disk.
 One of the most respected makers of CD-RW drives is Plextor. With products that usually cost quite a bit more than the competition, Plextor is known as a leading maker of CD-RW drives-and, appropriately, their products seem to be the one of the most respected in the industry, mainly because of their high reliability and quality ratings, which are, in my opinion, more crucial than even performance when it comes to CD-RW drives. After all, a difference of a few minutes to burn a full CD is far less of a concern, especially when drives are getting faster and faster these days, than having the ability to create flawless CD's time and time again.
OnePC.NET takes a look at one of Plextor's ATAPI CD-RW drives: their 16/10/40A. While speed is one thing-it writes CD-R's at 16X, CD-RW's at 10X and reads at 40X (maximum)--the fact that the 16/10/40A has Plextor's reputation for maintaining the highest reliability in the industry behind it and that it includes some of the industry's most unique and innovative features, spells only on thing: industry leader.
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