LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe 16x Review

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(More customer reviews)There is no denying Lacie makes a great set of products - nice brushed alumanum casing, drives that sense when the computer turns on and off - and its compatible with both Mac and PC. I happen to use both.
Burning CDs is a cinch (I have yet to do a DVD) and the Lightscribe program gives you a good basic set of tools to create labels for your CD. People with greater needs for graphic and type control will probably want to import their CD labels into the Lightscribe program rather than rely on the basic presets and type controls controls that went out of style ten years ago. So far though, I'm satisfied - and the lightscribe program is only version 1.0 so there's going to be an upgrade sooner or later.
The reason that this didn't get 5 stars is because the software came on a DVD. Here I am with two computers, both of them with a CD-ROM drive, and they couldn't fit 123 MB of programs on one CD. By e-mail they suggested I put the disk in the drive, and it would be automatically recognised. Wrong. Luckily, I have access to a DVD drive on another computer, and I burned a CD-ROM image of the offending DVD. Loaded the software in that way and got the thing working.
It's a shame that software and hardware vendors assume everyone has the latest and greatest gadgets humming at their desks.

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Box includes: 6-to-6 pin FireWire cable & USB 2.0 cable, Power supply, DVD Utilities CD containing User's manual, 1 piece CDR LightScribe media, 1 piece 16x DVD+R media The Lacie D2 DVD+RW / DVD-RW Recorder with LightScribe is an incredible all-in-one rewritable drive. Connect it to your PC or integrate it into an audio equipment rack for the most versatile CD and DVD burner around. It supports multiple formats, including the new 8.5GB Double-Layer DVDs. The custom LightScribe labeling technology burns silkscreen-quality images onto your disc -- using the same laser that burns the data. It's the most unique and flexible burner available. High-speed CD-RW compatibility Supports Double-Layer burning2MB buffer Hi-Speed USB and FireWire Comes bundled with Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.2, Easy Media Creator 7, DVDMax Player and LaCie LightScribe Labeler Requirements(PC) -500 MHz G4 processor, 256MB RAM, Mac OS 9.1 or higher(LightScribe Printing requires Mac OS X 10.3 or greater)Requirements(Mac) -500 MHz Pentium 3 processor, 256MB RAM, Windows 98SE or higher (2000 or XP required for LightScribe printing) Dimensions(WxHxD) - 6.3 x 1.7 x 10.6 (17.3 x 4.4 x 26.8 cm)

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