Because there's only one optical drive and burner in the Acer Ferrari 4000, you'll have to copy the source disc to a temporary file on the hard drive, then onto a blank CD or DVD disc afterwards. This isn't such a bad or inconvenient thing, as it's usually a more reliable method of duplicating CD and DVD discs, due to the wide range of quality in media and other factors that can often prevent a successful drive-to-drive copy.
NTI CD & DVD-Maker can also burn and play audio discs, and has a Wave Editor.
NTI Backup NOW! 4 supports backups to disk and other popular media. I ran into a strange bug with the software changing the case on files it backed up.
NTI DVD Fit has the ability to compress dual-layer movies down to single-layer size, and remove unwanted features, before burning them without having to split a movie onto multiple DVD discs. It won't work with copy-protected movies, though.
NTI File CD is the packet writing software for CD-RW and DVD±RW discs.
You can design your | The NTI WaveEditor |
own CD and DVD | is your typical .WAV |
labels and jewel case | file recording and |
liners with NTI | editing utility. |
JewelCase Maker. | |
As razor-thin margins continue to shrink and competition becomes more ferocious each day, PC and notebook vendors are out to reduce their expenses and maximize profits while keeping pricing within reach of their target markets. I suspect it won’t be much longer before three-year warranties for notebooks and PCs are the exception, rather than the rule. Although Acer puts the Ferrari 4000 through what they describe as “an extremely vigorous Q&A process that guarantees it will perform without problem or incident for 20,000 hours,” considering its $2,000+ price tag and the fact that no matter how tough the Q&A process or how high the quality of parts, sooner or later, something is going to break (usually after the warranty’s up), a warranty longer than Acer’s One-Year International Traveler’s Warranty, is not
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