EZQuest began shipping its new Boa 48x12x48 USB 2.0 CD-RW drive this week. Last month, EZQuest began shipping its FireWire version of this drive. The drives are priced at $189 for the USB drive and $199 for the FireWire drive. Together, these new drives are the fastest, highest-performance drives in the industry. Both drives can burn a 74-minute CD in 1.52 minutes (about 20% faster than 40x drives) and re-write a 74-minute CD in 6.1 minutes. Other features include their 48x read speed (the fastest available on a CD recorder), and their 2MB buffer size and buffer under-run technology (which eliminates under-run errors in fast-write modes). These high-speed drives are ideal for data archiving and desktop publishing, and for MIDI and recording studio applications.
"With this USB addition, we now have a full complement of CD-RW drives," said Ebrahim Zmehrir, EZQuest president. "The Boa 48x USB is packaged in our popular enclosure, which is the highest-quality, strongest, and most functional in the industry."
The Boa 48x is housed in a light gray, streamlined case that is fully shielded with 0.6 metal. It comes ready to use, and includes a built-in universal 50-watt auto-switching power supply, a cable and software (Charismac for Mac and Nero for PC burning software). The Boa 48x is compatible with WIN 98SE and later versions including XP. It is also compatible with Mac USB 1.1, but at a lower speed of 4x4x8. The Boa 48x has a one-year warranty. A downloadable Boa 48x spec sheet and a list of dealers are available at
http://www.ezq.com.
Boa 48x12x48 USB 2.0 CD-RW Drive
