Back when blank CDs cost a whopping $5 each and 4X CD-R drives were the top of the line, it was hard to imagine the compact disc ever taking the place of the floppy disc. But now that blank CDs cost ...

Do combo movie-watching and music-recording drives have the write stuff? Apparently PC manufacturers think so. After a slow start, combination CD-rewritable and DVD drives are showing up in computers ...

Sony is aiming to double the pleasure of CD-R and CD-RW lovers. On Tuesday, the consumer electronics giant unveiled the first Double Density CD-R (CD-Recordable) and CD-RW (CD-Rewritable) drives and ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. If the new 52X CD drives could actually write at 52X ...

The Good: Fast drive burns CD-Rs in minutes. Low noise, low heat. The Bad: The drive's 8MB buffer minimizes the chance of buffer under-run but doesn't eliminate it. The Verdict: A fast, efficient, ...

This month we tested two new 12X/10X/32X drives–the first ones to match the speed rating of the Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A, which holds the top spot on the chart for the third consecutive month.

Do you have a need for speed? Macworld Lab evaluated seven new FireWire CD-RW drives that should keep even the greediest speed demon happy . . . for a while, anyway. You can use any of these drives ...