this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

It's not a CD-RW.

Not worth ibuying.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

CD-RW was generally more of a gimmick than a useful format - especially once flash drives appeared and then doubled in size every several months.

CD-R was king for burning audio CDs or general data (until DVD-R came along).

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

cd-rw were very useful when internets were dialled-up (or later ADSL) and you were working on large image files on different desktops

gimmick was the zip driveZIP 250 USB Drive

CD-RW was the lifeblood of my mp3-discman, i just loved to be able to add songs i just discovered!

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