It's hard not to like the Spyder, in that it uses cool new technology, it's sleek, it's fast, and it just plain looks good. The Spyder without a doubt, puts every other external CD-writer on the market to shame. 12x burning, on the go! How can you go wrong. Yamaha obviously put a lot of thought into the Spyder, and it's certainly paid off. It's a great little drive.

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Considering this is a Yamaha drive, which we've always considered to be sub-par compared to Plextor, the CRW-70 Spyder has obviously won me over. Any time a company takes an innovative approach to a conventional product always gets a thumbs up in my book, which is exactly what Yamaha is done here. Let's hope the Spyder line continues with faster drives in the future, as it certainly has a lot of promise.