I burn and rip a lot of CDs. How does that rate on this computer?
1320807
We used a PC and this Mac the Mac was much better. Much more simplistic and apple has a superior product.
1320808
Sadly, I never had the opportunity to burn a CD on the computer! My daughter spilled a Latte on it and killed it!!!
1858899
It should. It burns CDs, that's a fact. I too have used it for this purpose. But I think it depends on the program you're using for the burning as to how efficient it burns. I've used Sony software and burned 96 CDs in bunches of 30s in 3 days. It's not that expensive, so if it doesn't meet your expectations, you could always return it. Frankly, I love mine!
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You mean take a CD and make MP3 files? MILLIONS of programs can do this. Hell Windows Media Player can but I'm not sure if that's your preference. Quintessential Player is my favorite so far, you can download it at quinnware.com. It allows you to rip from 8 kbps to 320 kbps and has a variable encoder as well. I haven't heard of many good DVD rippers that are free.
1401159
Someone else will have to answer, but I can tell you it's a great drive and well worth what you pay for it. It's light and works perfectly. I'm not savvy about how to burn.
2120651
I use it strictly for CDs. For single CDs, at 32-35 per section, it's a total of 320-350 CDs. I like mine filed looser, so I go with about 30-32 per section, less where I have box sets.
1422604
My Pro 310 dual cd player plays compilation cd's that I have cut on my dell computer. no problem.
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It will record on regular CD-R's. I don't know if you can rip the songs to your computer. It may depend on what media program you use. I know Windows 7 Media Player, won't let you.
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You mean take a CD and make MP3 files? MILLIONS of programs can do this. Hell Windows Media Player can but I'm not sure if that's your preference. Quintessential Player is my favorite so far, you can download it at quinnware.com. It allows you to rip from 8 kbps to 320 kbps and has a variable encoder as well.I haven't heard of many good DVD rippers that are free.
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I believe so but I haven't had the need to do so yet so I can't be 100% sure. I can say that my old laptop that's at least 4 years old can burn CDs so I would assume this one can too. One thing to know is with this laptop, if it is possible the files you want to burn have to already be on the laptop whether it's music or just regular files you want to save on a disc.
1113995
I have not done any performance testing. I only use mine to examine disks without having to open up my PC case.
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Actually on Windows, I convert my CD's to mp3 using the included Microsoft Media Player. Under the "rip music" tab in the preference you can select the format as "mp3" and dial up the "Audio Quality" to as much as 320 bps. Once set in preferences it runs automatically every time I stick in a CD. You don't need to add software to do this.For me the sound quality seem great ... but do note I am no longer a young person and my hearing is not what it used to be ... so this particular part of my opinion should be taken with that in mind.
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I load extra software on it,it works fine.75-80mb per sec when you copy files.
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I believe it's the write speed that the CD is able to handle. Just to be on the safe side, I always lower the write speed to around 24x and sometimes 16x when burning a disc. That helps minimize errors.
2061444
Plays CD's well, higher S/N ratio than most of the other digital sources :P
669141
Though I have only used it a couple of times the speed seems to be pretty fast when it loads a CD. Hope I helped.
20740
There is a cd/dvd player & I've ripped music from cd's but not sure how I would tell if it is a burner. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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I just installed a program that I had downloaded from the internet on to my computer, and it installed properly. This was a (an) CD-R disk. So I would say that one can play CDs with this drive. By the way this program was burned from another CD drive.