RE: Experience with EXP CD-ROM drive?

["Swartz, Charles" <CSwartz@unex.ucla.edu>]

Think you'll find you can get the 8x Panasonic (KXL-783A) for under
$299.  I bought one for my 560 from CDW and am very pleased.  It has
some fairly good speakers (nice for presentations) and plug-and-played
perfectly.

Charles Swartz

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	From:  krosen@ix.netcom.com[SMTP:krosen@ix.netcom.com]
	Sent:  Monday, June 09, 1997 11:32 AM
	To:  THINKPAD@CS.UTK.EDU
	Subject:  Experience with EXP CD-ROM drive?

	Hello:

	I'm contemplating buying a 4x PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to use with my

	Thinkpad 560.  I'm considering buying a unit made by EXP that
sells for 
	$160, compared with $299 for units from Sony (a 6x) and
Panasonic (4x).

	One difference is that the EXP unit weighs 3 lbs, but I'm not
planning 
	on moving it, anyway; I just want something faster than a
parallel port 
	model.  

	Has anyone had experience with this unit?  EXP claims that it is

	compatible--is anybody using it with a 560?  Am I better off
spending 
	the extra $140 to buy the Sony or Panasonic?

	Thanks.


	Ken Rosenblatt