Does anyone know of any good DVD burner hardware out there compatible with Windows XP?

Sharon F wrote:

I really don't care - top post, bottom post. Although I do like the
use of judicious snipping regardless of the posting style.


Absolutely! Some people complain that bottom posting makes them scroll all
the way down to read the message. I usually reply that top posting is even
worse because it makes me scroll *twice*--first down to read the question,
then back up to read the answer.

But if you snip enough, evrything fits on a single screen and I can see both
the question and answer at once. Then it hardly matters whether you top post
or bottom post.

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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:41:36 +1300, GraB wrote:

You still have the option of starting it in Wizards mode.

LOL.

The last time I used EZ Creator, its wizard crashed Windows.

So I crashed it to the trash bin. That was before Roxio took over and
before Nero got its act together.



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On 16 Nov 2005 11:20:01 -0800, "bxf" wrote:


For people who do not understand computers, Roxio is their only
choice.

So, with the exception of creating a boot disk when slipstreaming SP2
into XP, tell me what I am likely to want to do, that Nero will and
Roxio won't?

Work properly for one thing.



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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:45:04 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

Sharon F wrote:

I really don't care - top post, bottom post. Although I do like the
use of judicious snipping regardless of the posting style.


Absolutely! Some people complain that bottom posting makes them scroll all
the way down to read the message. I usually reply that top posting is even
worse because it makes me scroll *twice*--first down to read the question,
then back up to read the answer.

But if you snip enough, evrything fits on a single screen and I can see both
the question and answer at once. Then it hardly matters whether you top post
or bottom post.

Top posting is like watching Carnac or Jepardy.

You get the answer first and then the question.


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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
Sharon F wrote:

I really don't care - top post, bottom post. Although I do like the
use of judicious snipping regardless of the posting style.


Absolutely! Some people complain that bottom posting makes them scroll all
the way down to read the message. I usually reply that top posting is even
worse because it makes me scroll *twice*--first down to read the question,
then back up to read the answer.

But if you snip enough, evrything fits on a single screen and I can see
both the question and answer at once. Then it hardly matters whether you
top post or bottom post.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Is that the way it really works? I think most people read the first entry to
get the question and then if it is of interest start reading the replies.
They already know the question so why bother sticking it before what you
really want to see - the answer.
I have seen lots of snipping where the original question was long gone.
billh

billh wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
Sharon F wrote:

I really don't care - top post, bottom post. Although I do like the
use of judicious snipping regardless of the posting style.


Absolutely! Some people complain that bottom posting makes them
scroll all the way down to read the message. I usually reply that
top posting is even worse because it makes me scroll *twice*--first
down to read the question, then back up to read the answer.

But if you snip enough, evrything fits on a single screen and I can
see both the question and answer at once. Then it hardly matters
whether you top post or bottom post.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Is that the way it really works? I think most people read the first
entry to get the question and then if it is of interest start reading
the replies. They already know the question so why bother sticking it
before what you really want to see - the answer.


No, I don't already know the question. Many, if not most, newsgroup
particpants, hide already read messages. I do, for example. If I didn't, I
would have thousands of messages in a big newsgroup to scroll through every
time I went there. I'm not willing to do that, and when I go to a newsgroup,
I want to see *only* those messages I haven't seen before. If a message
doesn't have a quote of what's gone before, and if that quote isn't readily
accessible, the message is unintelligible and I typically quickly pass it
by.

--
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Please reply to the newsgroup

Bob wrote:
On 16 Nov 2005 11:20:01 -0800, "bxf" wrote:


For people who do not understand computers, Roxio is their only
choice.

So, with the exception of creating a boot disk when slipstreaming SP2
into XP, tell me what I am likely to want to do, that Nero will and
Roxio won't?

Work properly for one thing.

As I said, from my experience it has been working flawlessly. Unless
your own experience with the 7.5 version is diferent, you have no right
to make statements to the contrary.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
billh wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
Sharon F wrote:

I really don't care - top post, bottom post. Although I do like the
use of judicious snipping regardless of the posting style.


Absolutely! Some people complain that bottom posting makes them
scroll all the way down to read the message. I usually reply that
top posting is even worse because it makes me scroll *twice*--first
down to read the question, then back up to read the answer.

But if you snip enough, evrything fits on a single screen and I can
see both the question and answer at once. Then it hardly matters
whether you top post or bottom post.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Is that the way it really works? I think most people read the first
entry to get the question and then if it is of interest start reading
the replies. They already know the question so why bother sticking it
before what you really want to see - the answer.


No, I don't already know the question. Many, if not most, newsgroup
particpants, hide already read messages. I do, for example. If I didn't, I
would have thousands of messages in a big newsgroup to scroll through every
time I went there. I'm not willing to do that, and when I go to a newsgroup,
I want to see *only* those messages I haven't seen before. If a message
doesn't have a quote of what's gone before, and if that quote isn't readily
accessible, the message is unintelligible and I typically quickly pass it
by.

Not only that, but I would add that often a response is intended for a
specific comment/question within the thread, not specifically to
whatever was said in the original post, so if that comment/question is
at the bottom, one really does find it necessary to scroll to the
bottom, read the relevant passage, and then go back to the top to view
the response.

bxf wrote:

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

No, I don't already know the question. Many, if not most, newsgroup
particpants, hide already read messages. I do, for example. If I
didn't, I would have thousands of messages in a big newsgroup to
scroll through every time I went there. I'm not willing to do that,
and when I go to a newsgroup, I want to see *only* those messages I
haven't seen before. If a message doesn't have a quote of what's
gone before, and if that quote isn't readily accessible, the message
is unintelligible and I typically quickly pass it by.

Not only that, but I would add that often a response is intended for a
specific comment/question within the thread, not specifically to
whatever was said in the original post, so if that comment/question is
at the bottom, one really does find it necessary to scroll to the
bottom, read the relevant passage, and then go back to the top to view
the response.


Yes, very good point.

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Please reply to the newsgroup

On 11/17/2005, bxf managed to type:
Bob wrote:
On 16 Nov 2005 11:20:01 -0800, "bxf" wrote:


For people who do not understand computers, Roxio is their only
choice.

So, with the exception of creating a boot disk when slipstreaming SP2
into XP, tell me what I am likely to want to do, that Nero will and
Roxio won't?

Work properly for one thing.

As I said, from my experience it has been working flawlessly. Unless
your own experience with the 7.5 version is diferent, you have no right
to make statements to the contrary.

Actually, I don't quite agree.

Here's an example: lots of people had no trouble with Pinnacle Studio
8. If theirs were the only posts I read, I would have blamed myself and
gone crazy trying to figure out what I was doing wrong.

Luckily, people who decided they had the right to contradict those who
had no problem saved me that trouble, and when my Pinnacle gave me
troubles, I just sacked it...

Of course, it would be more intellectually honest and more useful to
the readers to say "I've had all this trouble..." or "Many people
report that..." or whatever, rather than the blanket pronouncement that
"It's a piece of crap".

HTH
Gino

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Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 11/17/2005, bxf managed to type:
Bob wrote:
On 16 Nov 2005 11:20:01 -0800, "bxf" wrote:


For people who do not understand computers, Roxio is their only
choice.

So, with the exception of creating a boot disk when slipstreaming SP2
into XP, tell me what I am likely to want to do, that Nero will and
Roxio won't?

Work properly for one thing.

As I said, from my experience it has been working flawlessly. Unless
your own experience with the 7.5 version is diferent, you have no right
to make statements to the contrary.

Actually, I don't quite agree.

Here's an example: lots of people had no trouble with Pinnacle Studio
8. If theirs were the only posts I read, I would have blamed myself and
gone crazy trying to figure out what I was doing wrong.

Luckily, people who decided they had the right to contradict those who
had no problem saved me that trouble, and when my Pinnacle gave me
troubles, I just sacked it...

And these contradictions were based on what? Perhaps lots of people had
no problem with PS8, but somebody had to have had some, otherwise there
would be no need for anybody to contradict "it works fine for me"
statements..

I have no problems with calling crap "crap". My objection is to making
blanket statements based on historic reputations as opposed to
present-day evidence.

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:53:57 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

Here's an example: lots of people had no trouble with Pinnacle Studio
8. If theirs were the only posts I read, I would have blamed myself and
gone crazy trying to figure out what I was doing wrong.

Luckily, people who decided they had the right to contradict those who
had no problem saved me that trouble, and when my Pinnacle gave me
troubles, I just sacked it...

Of course, it would be more intellectually honest and more useful to
the readers to say "I've had all this trouble..." or "Many people
report that..." or whatever, rather than the blanket pronouncement that
"It's a piece of crap".

There are two possible reasons for such insane behavior.

1) The user is too stupid to know when something is broken. Ignorance
is bliss.

2) The user does not want to admit they have wasted their money on
crap, so they lie about it.

Visit CDFreaks - those people tell it damn straight.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32


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On 17 Nov 2005 11:41:20 -0800, "bxf" wrote:

My objection is to making
blanket statements based on historic reputations as opposed to
present-day evidence.

Tigers do not change their stripes. Once crap, always crap.

Why do you think a company changes its name. They want to create a new
image, free from the problems of the past.



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Bob wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:53:57 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

Here's an example: lots of people had no trouble with Pinnacle Studio
8. If theirs were the only posts I read, I would have blamed myself and
gone crazy trying to figure out what I was doing wrong.

Luckily, people who decided they had the right to contradict those who
had no problem saved me that trouble, and when my Pinnacle gave me
troubles, I just sacked it...

Of course, it would be more intellectually honest and more useful to
the readers to say "I've had all this trouble..." or "Many people
report that..." or whatever, rather than the blanket pronouncement that
"It's a piece of crap".

There are two possible reasons for such insane behavior.

1) The user is too stupid to know when something is broken. Ignorance
is bliss.

Ho hum. I just finished an idiotic argument somewhere else, and I
really don't feel like getting into another one here. But just in case
you are not aware, if I create a disk that works problem free, then it
is not broken, regardless of what you want to believe.

2) The user does not want to admit they have wasted their money on
crap, so they lie about it.

NO money involved. Your statement is useless.

Visit CDFreaks - those people tell it damn straight.

Anybody who is so hung up on one particular site needs to re-examine
his own approach to judging anything. You sound like a kid repeating
over and over "but johnny said...".

"Bob" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:53:57 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

1) The user is too stupid to know when something is broken. Ignorance
is bliss.

2) The user does not want to admit they have wasted their money on
crap, so they lie about it.

Thanks for narrowing this down for us Bob in your usual insightful manner.

"The only thing I can't tolerate is intolerance."