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The Plexwriter S88TU is Plextor's first portable CD-RW drive. Housed in an attractive silver case little larger than two stacked CD jewel cases (2 by 14 by 17cm) and weighing just under 500g, the S88TU makes an ideal travelling companion.
It has a USB 2.0 interface and supports 24-speed read, 8-speed write and 8-speed rewrite. However, if your system is only equipped with USB 1.1, this drops to 6-speed read and 4-speed write and rewrite. It has its own 2Mb buffer and also incorporates BURN-Proof technology. The drive includes a headphone socket and a hardware volume control.
Power is supplied via a palm-sized mains adapter and the drive comes with a blank CD-R, a blank CD-RW, documentation and a utilities CDRom.
The utility supplied is PlexTools, a useful program that will interrogate and identify your system's IDE, SCSI and USB buses and any storage devices connected to them. A copy of Nero 5.0 is also included.
The S88TU's performance was average when we tested it with a variety of media, but its small size makes it very easy to transport. It would be an ideal drive to share between desktop PCs in different locations.
Price: (as reviewed, ex. VAT) £219.99
Contact: Computer 2000 (distributor)
01256 463 344
www.plextor.be
See also:
An external CD-RW drive with a reassuring two-year warranty. 16 Jul 2002
A blisteringly fast machine that'll burn a disc in less than two minutes. 01 Jul 2002
All Optical Drives (CD/DVD Drive)
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