Re: Which is Best?

> * In a message originally to Doomsday, Doug Zbikowski said:
> DZ> Well...not exaclty.  The spped refers to the rate  the disk
> DZ> spins.  A quad
> DZ> speed spins 4 times faster than an audio CD player.  The
> DZ> faster the disk can
> DZ> spin, the more data that can be accessed.
>
> Then why don't manufacturers just make CDROM drives which can spin 500x
> faster than an audio CD player, and then we'd all be very happy? :-)
> Surely it's to do with the speed at which the laser itself can read,
> rather than the speed at which it spins?
> See ya

Yes....the laser itself can only keep track so much.  The faster the drive,
the more accurate it has to be.

We won't see a motor capable of 500X anytime soon.....but this will be of
interest:


PANOSONIC has just released a 10X SPEED CD ROM drive....with 12X and 15X
speeds available this year.  That's as fast as a hard drive!  Cool, huh?


JC

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