Re: [Finale] Is it just me? [OT]

2005-08-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Aug 2005 at 9:17, Jim Williams wrote: > Hi David, > > Here are some thoughts... > > >From: "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >1. writing to CD-R/RW is problematic. > > [snip] > > >Dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer, i.e., treating the drive > >like any other removable med

Re: [Finale] Is it just me? [OT]

2005-08-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Aug 2005 at 11:59, Stephen Peters wrote: > "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please post a reference where I said not to buy the drives. [...] I > > posted a warning about potential pitfalls and about basic weaknesses > > in WinXP optical drive support, nothing more. > >

Re: [Finale] Is it just me? [OT]

2005-08-02 Thread Jim Williams
Hi David, Here are some thoughts... From: "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1. writing to CD-R/RW is problematic. [snip] Dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer, i.e., treating the drive like any other removable media (which was possible in previous versions of Windows). Absolutely

Re: [Finale] Is it just me? [OT]

2005-08-02 Thread Stephen Peters
"David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please post a reference where I said not to buy the drives. [...] I > posted a warning about potential pitfalls and about basic weaknesses > in WinXP optical drive support, nothing more. Well, to quote from the Eric Dannewitz's message and your rep

Re: [Finale] Is it just me? [OT]

2005-08-01 Thread David W. Fenton
On 1 Aug 2005 at 21:04, Jim Williams wrote: > Ok... I can't help myself any longer. I've got to comment on this. > My apologies to the list for the off-topic nature of this post. > > David, here is your original statement: > > >Well, for one, DVD drive support on Windows, especially WinXP, is

Re: [Finale] Is it just me? [OT]

2005-08-01 Thread Jim Williams
Ok... I can't help myself any longer. I've got to comment on this. My apologies to the list for the off-topic nature of this post. David, here is your original statement: Well, for one, DVD drive support on Windows, especially WinXP, is decidedly problematic. It's not provided by the OS nati