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QPS QPCDRW448USB External 4x4x8 USB CD-RW Drive
See it at Amazon.com for $199.99Average Customer Rating
(3.0 out of 5)
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Poor performance
(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jun 5, 2001Unexpected, very poor performance. There is only 30 day warranty. Naturally, the unit crashed on day 33!. Could not install drivers; the CDRW would not recognize software, and the software could not recognize the recorder. Poor service from customer service requiring all payment of postage/handling which would amount to approx $... or possibly more. Also, if tested on tech support's equipment and found to be working without problems, the customer will have to pay for a minimum check up fee of $.... Not worth the hassle and more money. The Q in QPS stands for quality, which they couldn't provide either in equipment or customer service.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
avoid it
(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jul 12, 2001 (Studio City, CA United States)Couldn't get it to work on my laptop (with Windows Me), then on my work computer (Win 2000 pro), it worked on win 98SE, but crashed frequently. Waste of money. Gonna return it.
not compatible with OS 10.3
(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Dec 30, 2003Although QPS does seem to have drivers for for Mac OS 10.1 and 10.2, they will not create one for 10.3. In the few years in which this drive actually worked with my computer, its performance was mediocre -- certainly not worth sticking with an outdated OS.
Nobody here needed support, YET.
(1 out of 5) by John & Liz on Oct 17, 2002 (NJ)I bought a QPS back in April, I had configuration issues right away.
I followed the tech support format and emailed them. Giving them benefit of possibly being busy or email issues I emailed four times over four weeks from seperate servers. They do not respond through support.
Now the hardware failed, I repeated the email attempts with no response and have phone support three times in two weeks to give up in Cue after 45 minutes. No 1-800 number.
Now I have a very high phone Bill coming and a useless QPS device that I will eat also.
Please don't allow companies like this to thrive, which they all too commonly do in todays market.
Buy elsewhere.
I followed the tech support format and emailed them. Giving them benefit of possibly being busy or email issues I emailed four times over four weeks from seperate servers. They do not respond through support.
Now the hardware failed, I repeated the email attempts with no response and have phone support three times in two weeks to give up in Cue after 45 minutes. No 1-800 number.
Now I have a very high phone Bill coming and a useless QPS device that I will eat also.
Please don't allow companies like this to thrive, which they all too commonly do in todays market.
Buy elsewhere.
Very fast, well made
(5 out of 5) by JAMES B HARRIS on Jan 2, 2002 (LOUISVILLE, KY United States)I purchased this about a year and half ago and am very, very pleased with it. Solid and reliable. I have used it on 98, 98se, 2000 and now XP. It simply works.
If I was buying one today, I might opt for the ISB 2.0 and I wish it had "burn proof" but, in all honesty, if everything in Windows is working and your machine is over 600 MHz, under-runs are really an infrequent occurance.
Not fast by today's standards but unless you are burning a lot, I don't find it to be a big deal.