> Burning a CD was an expensive operation (both in time and compute, as it slowed the machine down, plus it tied up your CD drive) Discs were also decently exp

> Burning a CD was an expensive operation (both in time and compute, as it slowed the machine down, plus it tied up your CD drive) Discs were also decently expensive then as well, so financially expensive too. Not prohibitively so, but not like today where a failed disc is just a coaster not a headache. This may have been near the cusp of when that balance shifted, but I remember quite a bit of angst when I was a young'in burning mix discs for my Discman.