Question:
I'm Confused. Help me!
What is the difference between these optical drives?
1) 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
2) 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability [+$40]
:confused: I'm confused because I don't know the difference. Why does it reduce from 24X to 8X when it's increasing in price? What does it mean? Does it reduce in speed but gives you more capabilities?
Also is it worth it to upgrade the screen WXGA to SXGA for $50 more?
Answer:
Re: I'm Confused. Help me!
Hi ok here you go:
The first drive is CD-writer and DVD reader, ofcourse speed buy burning cd's is bigger.
The Second is DVD and CD burner and now it's really worth to take it, go for it
WXGA Widescreen (1440x900) vs WSXGA Widescreen (1680x1050) The WSXGA has bigger resolution so you can fit more stuff on screen, WXGA is smaller)
If you are taking 14" model then take the smaller one, because its hard to see any text by using WSXGA on 14'' laptop. But I assum you are taking either 15'4" or 17" laptop, so go for WSXGA its much better and ofcourse if you are even a little gamer, it'll make more comfortable!
Hope this info helped you
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Re: I'm Confused. Help me!
Actually, WXGA vs WSXGA+ tends to be a very personal thing. Me, I find WSXGA+ to be a headache-inducer.
WXGA is actually LARGER, meaning it uses larger pixels to form the screen. WSXGA+ uses smaller pixels to fit more of them into the same amount of space. So it IS a higher resolution, but it also shrinks everything on the screen by default.
best advice regarding a screen: Go to a store and look at a WXGA screen, and a WSXGA+ screen, both in the size you're interested in (if you can find both anyway...the first is easy, the second harder). Look at each and decide which one you're more comfortable with.
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Re: I'm Confused. Help me!
CD-RW/DVD Combo drives only burn Compact Discs, and so the 24x denotes the speed of burning CDs.
DVD burners will have a burn speed typically of 8x, but if you used it to burn CDs the speed is still 24x. Dual layer capability means the burner can write data into double layered DVDs (that hold up to 8GB of data versus 4GB on normal DVDs).
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Re: I'm Confused. Help me!
DVD burners are nice for backups even if you don't use it otherwise.