Ricoh Internal CD-RW drive

Pros: price, reliability, brand
Cons: website sucks, documentation, need to be good with hardware

05-13-2000---EVEN THOUGH THIS REVIEW 'STINKS' IT IS THE FIRST ONE I EVER WROTE AND I DARE NOT EDIT OR DELETE IT - IT IS A SYMBOL OF THE VAST IMPROVMENT IN WRITING STYLE THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE JOINING---

I purchased this CDRW...

Pros: Price, Availability, Brand name
Cons: Workmanship, Warranty work

Options \ Features
Ricoh Cd-RW

Application
Home Computer Use

Opinion and Experiences
I purchased this to use for home use to make copies of cd’s and storage on the Cd-RW discs. The drive...

Pros: Fast, Fast, Cheap, Did I say Fast?
Cons: Flap came off.. no biggie

My Ricoh CD-RW was a great purchase. I've had the drive for over 3 months now, and it has run perfectly. I purchased the 6x/4x/24x model, which is awesome. The 6x write speed allows me to burn full, 650 MB cds in about 12 min, and the 4x RW feature is...

Pros: a little cheaper than others, comes with Nero
Cons: email support, destroys 2 out of 3 cds

I purchased a 7163 CD writer just over a year ago and have had continual trouble with it.
I twice sent it back for repair and once got it back without a cover sheet and the second time got a reconditioned unit even though the one I sent was new!...

Pros: quality, price, capabilities
Cons: speed, appearence

I bought this because I wanted to have cd's, games, and other software without the price so I bought this. It works great to make copies of game and software but it takes about a 20 minutes per copy which is ok for some people but if you want the job...