Product Description

The Sony Spressa 4x4x6 External USB CD-RW provides easy USB connection for Macintosh, iMac, notebook and PC users. Hot Plug operation allows connection or disconnection of drive without restarting the system. The Sony Spressa CRX100E/X2 USB includes easy-to-use recording software for both Macintosh and Windows users. The complete kit includes blank CD-RW and CD-R media, 3-foot USB cable, CD-labeling system and AC adapter, Extreme software for Windows, Discribe software for Macintosh, CD Stomper Pro label software. Color-customizable drive accents are available to match the five iMac colors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120061 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: CRX100E/X2
• Platform: Mac OS 9 and below

Features

• High-performance CD-RW drive for Macintosh or PC systems
• USB interface for hot-swap connectivity
• Compatible with Macintosh and Windows-based systems
• 4x recording (CD-R), 4x recording (CD-RW), 6x reading speeds
• Includes CD creation software

Amazon.com Product Description
The Sony Spressa 6x4x4 external USB Plus CD-RW drive offers easy, flexible, and cost-effective data storage and distribution. Each disc holds up to 650 MB of data and can be read by any standard CD-ROM drive, making exchanging information easy. This CD-RW drive provides the ultimate in convenience with its easy plug-and-play installation. To install the Spressa 6x4x4x your computer doesn't even have to be turned off--just plug in the USB cable and you're ready to go. With the Spressa 6x4x4 you get 4x recording (CD-R and CD-RW) and maximum 6x read speed. This drive records all popular CD formats and is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows systems. It comes with software and accessories, everything you need to get started.

In the box, you get the horizontally or vertically mountable Sony Spressa drive, CD Extreme, Spressa Play and Record, Discribe, one blank CD-RW disc, one blank CD-R disc, a USB cable, an AC power cable, a user manual, and a quick-start card. This drive is backed by a 12-month limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

A very good reliability
I have this CDRW for since 4 months ago and its performance has been outstanding. It's USB Interface makes it very easy to use. Just plug it in your computer (be sure to have USB ports in your machine) and that's all; you'll see another CDRom on the explorer. You don't have to install any driver for this device to work. I have recorded both Music and Data discs and didn't have any trouble with them. With music CD's (CDR), I've played them in normal stereos, car stereos and they played as the real CD. The data discs also have worked in every machine I have tested it (including old 486 with old CDROMs) The software (CD Extreme)isn't the best I've seem but it works. When I run it on Windows 98, it had problems detecting my CDROM (I put a disc there and it didn't detect it). Also, the machine hangs during disc to disc copy operations. I downloaded a patch from Sony and this problems went away. Regardless this troubles, this is a very easy to use device. It's external and portable for a reasonable price. Don't buy it if you're using NT (it doesn't support USB interfaces); but I tried it in Windows2K and worked fine. I give it 4 stars because the problems I had at the beginning with the software (don't forget to download the patches). If you're looking for a reliable and portable CDRW device, this is the one for you.

Masochists need only apply
Do you enjoy throwing out 1/5 of your blank CDs? How about crashing after every other successfully burnt CD? Then this drive is for YOU!

Sony
I did not buy this particular drive but a CRX85U from Sony with an external USB port. I bought the drive to work with my laptop computer which I have 9 times out of 10 in a docking station. To my suprise, I discovered that Sony does not support the use of any (including this one)drive through a USB port on a docking station. Customer Service showed little concern and, to say the least, was not helpful. Sony may be a good product, but if something happens, you surely do not want to be owning a Sony.