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It’s a nice looking piece of hardware that works as advertised. That problem aside, I was quite pleased with the performance, looks and value of the drive. The biggest drawback for the TDK veloCD 241040F is iTunes’ lack of support for the drive - if you’re planning on burning your own mix discs, be warned that you’ll either have to wait for Apple to support the drive or depend on third party software. And in truth, the case design is benign enough that it certainly doesn’t clash with anything. The dark case really doesn’t do much to complement a Titanium PowerBook or older CD-ROM-equipped iMacs, but it works fine with Power Mac G4s. This is admittedly an issue of purely personal taste, however - some people may find the long blue flashing light to be particularly distracting. The blue LED adds a bit of science fiction to the device, and it isn’t all together unpleasant. Hopefully it’ll be supported soon.Īll told, the veloCD is a well engineered, stable and hardy piece of equipment. A spokesperson for TDK tells me the company has submitted the necessary information to Apple to get the drive supported by iTunes, but that information hasn’t filtered to a new build of the application - at least not yet. I tried using version 2.0.4, and came up blank - the software had no idea that a CD-RW drive was connected to my computer, despite Disc Burner and Toast’s cooperation.

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Unfortunately, the veloCD isn’t yet recognized by iTunes under Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X. Cheaper stuff works too, and the drive’s built-in buffer underrun protection helps prevent you from burning coasters. Getting the drive to function using Roxio Toast Titanium was likewise flawless, and some informal tests showed that the drive is indeed capable of burning CDs at 24x - provided, of course, you purchase the moderately more expensive media rated for high-speed drives.

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A few minutes later I’d burnt an archive of about 550MB of old MacCentral and Macworld articles I’d worked on, with nary a hitch.

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I attached the device to my Mac (a PowerBook G4/500 running Mac OS X 10.1.4), turned the drive on, inserted a disc, and the Mac asked me how I wanted it formatted. The velocd was plug and play when it came to disc burning. If Toshiba only made desktops.The backplane of the veloCD is simple: two FireWire ports (a passthrough, in case you want to daisy-chain additional FireWire-based devices to the burner), the A/C power adapter input and a power toggle switch. I have the Tecra M-730, and I'd buy another one in a second. and they are on hold for over an hour most of the time! Very knowledgeable and courteous-I've never been on hold for more than 5 minutes! ! I have friends with Dells. Of course you don't have to be sailing around the Horn to have problems-one knocked over can of Coke will likely ruin any laptop.įinally, Toshiba tech support is hands-down the best I've ever used. It looked good on the photos, only some minor. 15 PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD. I work in a saltwater environment a lot, and so this added protection was very nice. While looking for a titanium PowerBook G4 I came across an auction for an aluminum 15 PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz, mint condition, in perfect shape including the original box and all that it originally came with. For $175 more, I got their 'replacement plan' which means that if ANYTHING happens to your laptop in that 3 year period, they will replace it for free-even if you run it over with your truck! LOL

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They have a truly global/international warranty/repair service (unlike all the others who won't fix your machine if you're out of the US), a 3 year full warranty, and 3 years tech support included in the base price. I travel extensively in some pretty harsh conditions, and the Toshibas hold up very well. I highly recommend a Toshiba Tecra laptop. Other than Microsoft Office, which is really useful, most of it is junk that couldn't be sold otherwise, or is crippled as 'light' versions.Ī 15 inch LCD is great on a table, but you might consider a smaller screen if you work while riding in a car or plane. Most of all, ignore the 'free' software that might be included. They won't help your photography (unless you need to be entertained). With high-MP cameras, DVDs are a lot more convenient for backing up.ĭon't be seduced by multimedia features - sound, movies, games. I carry a tiny LaCie drive just for photos that holds 80GB.

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Then you can attach card readers and (especially) portable hard drives.

It's handy to have lots of USB2 ports (forget USB1 for photo purposes). Secondly, the luminosity is low compared to a desktop LCD, and tends to vary, especially on battery operation. The viewing angle tends to be narrow, so the color changes with slight changes in position. Laptop screens are not well suited for photo editing, other than as you suggest.

Windows XP is perfectly capable of handling color management and the Adobe Creative Suite. Get the fastest processor and largest hard drive you can afford.