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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
own CD and DVD
labels and jewel case
liners with NTI
JewelCase Maker.
The NTI WaveEditor
is your typical .WAV
file recording and
editing utility.
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
