DVD

A reasonable configuration of this box with the 2.8GHz P4, 1GB of main memory, 120GB of RAID protected disk, a 16X DVD drive, a 20GB quarter-inch Travan tape, a license to Windows Server 2003, and three year's of on-site, 4-hour response tech support costs $3,349.

The T2615 came with an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Processor, dual drives, a 48x CD-RW drive and a 16x DVD drive, DDR RAM, a 120GB hard drive, a 56K Modem, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet connection, six USB ports, and a $3 Pro Savage8 card.

The T2080, at $749, comes with an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor, 512 MB DDR, 80 GB hard drive, same modem, 32x CD-RW and a 16x DVD drive, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, keyboard, wheel mouse and amplified speakers.

The Condre DVD Value Line offers 16X DVD and 48X CD record speeds and meets the budget requirements of SMBs, SOHOs, small corporate departmental entities, and Institutional organizations.

Recently, Philips Electronics announced that it has started shipments of its new 16x DVD writer to main PC manufacturers who will integrate the drives as standard in their new PC systems over coming season.