A mates bird wants to buy him one for christmas.. whats the cheapest place to get one from?

Lowest I've seen so far is 116 inc vat.

£116.33 is the cheapest I can find as well :D

Under AOpen on DABS.COM

CD-RW 52r 52w 24rw Ext USB2 RP
Mfr code: EHW-5224U BONUS
Quicklinx: 28PBWS
Long Lead Time Expected £93.00 £109.27

CD-RW 50r 48w 12rw Ext USB2 RP
Mfr code: EHW-4850U
Quicklinx: 28P8WS
Long Lead Time Expected £82.00 £96.34


The long lead time sounds a little suspicious, but they are cheaper.

http://www2.novatech.co.uk/novatech/Storage/a10b1c0d0e0

In stock Liteon USB 2.0 40x12x40 CD writer but £ 95.00 Ex Vat £ 111.62 Inc Vat

BTW, bear in mind that buying a CDRW any quicker than about 4x is completely pointless if it's USB, simply because USB can't handle data transmission any faster than that.

If you want to burn at 16x and read faster too, you'll need USB2 or Firewire (1394).

AFAIK these are USB2.0

What speed is usb2 is it 12mbps*

** And dont start with Mb and mb etc

[Edited by David_Wallis - 11/20/2002 7:21:24 PM]

you want *the* cheapest usb cdrw? how about acer 4x 4x 6x for £82.24 including VAT sounds?

check it out at www.sterlingxs.co.uk :)

[Edited by suba - 11/20/2002 11:31:24 PM]

usb2 400mbps

cheers..

David

no, no, no, no, no...

USB2 is 480mbit and firewire is 400mbit. but in theory, both are neck and neck.

I can do cheaper.
Buy one of my Creative 16x cdwriters and a vipower ext 5¼ USB2 housing will equate to about £65 plus the vat i think.
Or if you wish I have some Philips 8x or 12 x CDRW left bringing the cost down a little more.
Chek me out at www.medwaycomputers.co.uk and if interested give me a bell during the week.

Dave.