"Pros: Flexible connectivity options; burns 2.4X-rated dual-layer media at 4X; fast 16X burn speeds; fastest read speeds. Cons: Expensive"- MacWorld

"Pros: Inexpensive; flexible connectivity options; includes 25 CD-R discs and five 8X DVD-R discs; burns 2.4X-rated dual-layer media at 4X. Cons: Burns 16X media at 8X speeds"- MacWorld

"Pros: Inexpensive; burns 2.4X-rated dual-layer media at 4X. Cons: Slow read speeds"- MacWorld

"Pros: Flexible cross-platform compatibility due to USB 2.0. Cons: Slow 16X and dual-layer burn speeds"- MacWorld

"Keeping up with the ever-changing DVD-burner market could be a job in itself. Every few months, faster drives are announced, new features get introduced, and competing (and confusing) disc formats continue to play leapfrog in the quest for market dominance. The most recent technological development in DVD writers is dual-layer burning"- MacWorld

"LaCie's 16X d2 DVD±RW Double Layer burner enters the battle for the fastest (and most chic) DVD±R burner on the block. The d2 can burn up to 8.5GB onto a double-layer disc at almost twice the speed of its predecessor, the 8X d2 DVD±RW ( Oct/04, p62), and it burns single-layer DVD±R media at 16X. We thought the 8X d2 was fast—the 16X d2's speed is even more impressive"- MacWorld

"Using the high-speed port, the 8400F was impressively speedy. It beat the more expensive 9900F by 30 seconds in a 1200dpi, 48-bit scan of a 4x6 photo. It tied the same scanner when scanning a 35mm slide at 2,400 dpi and 48 bits"- MacWorld

"The CanoScan 9950F bumps the optical resolution up from 3,200 dpi to 4,800 dpi. It supports both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connections and ships with a stack of film holders to hold just about any common format"- MacWorld

"If you bought a PowerBook G4 that was released prior to November 2002, you probably envy the built-in burning capabilities of the current crop of PowerBooks. With Other World Computing's (OWC's) internal Mercury Ti SuperDrive 4x, you can set aside those thoughts of inadequacy, but you'll need the technical expertise to disassemble your PowerBook"- MacWorld

"Disc Production Speeds Along with Personal DVD/CD Duplicator and Printer - If you frequently burn, label, and distribute your own CDs or DVDs, you now have an alternative to sending a master disc to a disc-duplication service. The Bravo Disc Publisher, from Primera Technology, has everything you need to perform automated duplication and labeling of DVDs and CDs"- MacWorld