CH>a lot, so a high dollar setup really isn't 
CH>necessary. Can NT support IDE
CH>writable CD-ROM's and if so whose brand comes with NT drivers?
CH>universality with all my companies computers.
 JG> I've been using Easy-CD Pro 95 in both Win95 and NT with good success.
 JG> However, I doubt it would 1) work with an IDE writer 
Is Easy-CD Pro an adaptec product? Where might I get it?
 JG> (seems to want SCSI only)
 JG> and 2) be a good idea to use IDE in the first place 
 JG> (many IDE components seem
 JG> to lack long-term reliability in general).
I don't know about IDE components lacking long term reliability, namely hard 
drives. Most Major mfg IDE and SCSI hard drives share the same frame with the 
only differences being in the PCB. On other items, it would just depend on 
the component.  No doubt a lot of IDE stuff, best example being tape backup 
units, are made horribly cheap. I wouldn't trust my companies critical 
information to the typical IDE tape unit on the market these days. I use what 
I consider very good scsi components, but also, since it's -my- money I spend 
on my business aquisitions, I try to be very conscious about how much bang I 
get for the buck. In the case of the writable CD, I'm not going to be using 
it much and likely it will become obsolete long before I ever wear it out, so 
it's no biggy to me to think I have to spend any more money on one than I 
have to. The only real criterion is that it work in NT.
If a component, IDE or SCSI is going to become too low a capacity/speed 
(obsolescense) long before it's ever going to wear out, then reliability is 
not a serious issue. I think the best contrast here in that respect is CD-Rom 
drives. They have a long history of becoming too slow/obsolete long before 
they ever wear out SCSI or otherwise and there really is little difference in 
the quality of construction between an IDE or SCSI CD-Rom these days. They 
are both manufactured very cheaply. I suspect the plethorea of low cost 
writeable CD's on the market these days are in the same boat.
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