First post, by Nemo1985
The slowest cd-reader I have in my stash is an iconic Creative 24x, so not really something very old.
I have my 486 build with a 52x cd-rom reader.
I try to use cd-rom reader for all my windows 98 builds (I avoid using windows 95) or if I haven't any available a cd-writer.
I noticed that most of the older cd-rom reader are quite expensive, while the more recent are very cheap.
I also noticed that older cd-rom have reading issue with cd-r and in general the laser seem somewhat more used and weak.
Is there any good reason to use a period correct cd-dvd reader (writer) in our builds?
As a side note, I still have on my main pc a lightscribe dvd burner and i'm considering to buy a bluray burner. They aren't used that much anymore but I still need to use it from time to time (mainly when burning stuff for older pcs) and I think the usb half height which are so common nowadays are mostly cheapo useless chinese things.