[adamwsoccer]

From deal-mac:

PS Que 8x/8x/32x CD-RW FireWire for $190 after rebate  12:07 pm
PC Warehouse trimmed its price on the QPS Que! 8x/8x/32x CD-RW FireWire drive, model no. QPCDRW8832FEM, to $219.99, $20 below any other merchant we could find. A $30 mail-in rebate knocks the net price down to $189.99. UPS Ground is $8.

Is this a good deal? I'm pretty sure this one works with iTunes. It says it comes with Toast, but does anyone know what version? Does it work with OS X?

Thanks

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[dfbennett]

Depending on what mechanism this drive uses it may or may not work with iTunes. I think it does though as most if not all of the newer 12x drive work with iTunes. It'll work in OS X as a reader but not a writer, as burning isn't in OS X yet.

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[adamwsoccer]

Thanks for your reply dfbennet!

Are there any extra costs that I should be aware of (Other than blank CDs) like a firewire cable or an extra power supply or anything?

So is this a good deal for a CD-RW or do you guys think I could do better? Speed isn't too much of an issue. I would just like to get a decent CD-RW with Toast at a good price. Do the Que drives usually come with Toast 3 or 4?

Thanks

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[lucylawless]

I bought a Que!Fire 4x4x24 drive almost a year ago. It works with iTunes, but I don't use it. It came with toast 4.0 OEM. Toast 3.5 does not recognize firewire drives, so it won't be pre-4.0. The OEM version of Toast was pretty flakey about recognizing my drive. I never really got reliable recognition of the drive until I started using toast deluxe 4.1. I now use Toast 5, and couldn't be happier with hardware or the software (besides the OS X issue). My only complaint now is QPS's lame customer support. For example, their rebate was handled by a third party company, and it took 4 phone calls and three months for me to get the rebate, though as something-for-nothing, I can't really complain. Also, their firmware updates are PC-only, so to install the update you need to find a PC with firewire...

The drive should work straight out of the box. No hidden costs except more blanks (I go through them pretty quickly)

[adamwsoccer]

Thanks for the info!

"The OEM version of Toast was pretty flakey about recognizing my drive. I never really got reliable recognition of the drive until I started using toast deluxe 4.1. I now use Toast 5"

So I guess I'll want to end up using Toast 5, which is like atleast another $80...

"Also, their firmware updates are PC-only, so to install the update you need to find a PC with firewire..."

That is unbelievable! Are the firmware updates really needed?

Now I'm thinking maybe a cheaper drive and I'll end up purchasing Toast 5....

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[lucylawless]

Oh, yeah, I just ignored the firmware updates, because I really didn't have a problem. In hindsight, the firmware update might have fixed my problem with toast OEM...

[Stogieman]

If your using Toast Deluxe 5 or iTunes, you don't need the firmware update. I have a Que 8x4x32 and never ran into any problems by not updating my firmware.
And yes...$190 is a good deal for this drive. Hell I paid almost $400 for it a year ago. I don't think you'll find another firewire drive any cheaper. The only extra cost you have is in purchasing Toast 5. I don't think it's bundle with any drive yet but it's sure worth the $80. Everything else you need (firewire cable, 1 CDR disc, 1CDR-W disk, and even a carrying case) is bundled with the drive. It's definitely a great deal.

[adamwsoccer]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

What do you think of this??:
http://maccentral.macworld.com/story....toast/?read=1

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