[sprynmr]

First of all, do you all think that firewire is a better way to go than SCSI. Apple gave it the boot, but the industry seems to be holding onto it like crazy.

I've seen several SCSI CD-R's going at 12x write. I'm not sure if I have seen any Firewire ones. I heard rumors of La Cie having one, but I've heard it's not shipping.

Now can someone point me in the right direction?? Should I wait till after MacWorld?

What are the best performing companies in past?

SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!!!

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M. Robert
MultiMedia

[BobW]

Definitely wait until after MacWorld. Who knows what may come out.

I recently bought a CD-RW. Searched every Mac board I know of for reports on both FireWire and USB drives. After reading everything, decided on a Yamaha 8424SXZ SCSI Drive. Works like a charm.

[blizaine]

I love my Que 8x4x32 firewire drive. I've never made a coaster.

My old burner was a SCSI 2x and it made coasters all the time.

However I think it was more the fault of being a bad burner or slow computer, because SCSI is a good technology.

I would get a firewire drive for sure, unless you feel like buying PCI SCSI cards or adapters for your drive the rest of it's life.

[Zwilnik]

Although Firewire is the future, there's some really cheap 8x SCSI burners about at the moment. I finally managed to get hold of the Firewire cable for my Freecom Traveller drive a few weeks ago and its been great. (It's only a 4x4x24 CD-RW, but the Firewire cable is a bit more secure than the USB one, and I can burn audio at 4x again ).
I'm gradually weening my B/W G3 off SCSI, with only one 9gig SCSI drive to replace internally now (I'll probably get a Sonnet Tempo UltraATA card and fill her up with a bunch of 30gig 7200 rpm ATA66 drives).