Interestung... when you say it has a plextar engine, do you mean just one part or more than a few parts? It looks as if we at TSG have uncovered yet another scam with in the past few days... just the other day I was working with this guy on a post in hardware and in the end he realized that his half cent cdrs that were 4x max (at least 2 or 3 years old) burnt at 24x just as good as the 24x discs... just don't cost as much. Apparently it doesn't matter what speed you buy they all record at the same max speed.
I just got my $150 "free money" check from Best Buy in the mail...

so I am thinking I will use it on a CDRW. (It was a rebate on a 100GB HD

) What do you guys suggest I get? I want something that will work fine with Xp as I am going to upgrade to that with in the next month. I was thinking the other day I would get the new Yamaha 24x10x40 but now I am not sure. Which is better in terms of quality, value and Xp compatibility... the Yamaha 24x10... the Sony 24x10... or the TDK 24x10?