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Although 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which this drive actually worked with my computer, its performance was mediocre -- certainly not worth sticking with an outdated OS.

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 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.

The only reason I didn't give this product 5 stars was because I don't actually own it, although my friend does, and he says it works like a charm! Based on the outer appearance of it [although you really shouldn't judge electronics by their appearance], it looks really cool; cute, even.

But let me tell ya! From what I've seen, this thing is awesome! My friend writes 600Mb CDs in about 15-20 min! And it hardly ever gives him a "Buffer Underrun Error!" Also, he doesn't even need a separate CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive to play the games that he burns; this little guy also reads great!

All in all, it's worth the buy. Of course, you probably think a little less of my opinion, since I don't own it, per say. But I have borrowed it numerous times, and based on my experiences with it, this is really worth the money!

I was a little hesitant to buy this burner based on the negative reviews - but let me say that it works perfectly with my Mac powerbook. No errors - no problems. It's a little big and bubbly so I'd deduct half a star but all in all the performance is fine.