I always wanted to like DVD-RW and CD-RW. But I just couldn't. Cost. A couple dollars per disc, versus a couple pennies per disc for the one-time use. Easily

I always wanted to like DVD-RW and CD-RW. But I just couldn't. Cost. A couple dollars per disc, versus a couple pennies per disc for the one-time use. Easily scratched. They were slow. You could use a Syquest or Iomega 1GB drive, boot off it, etc. Basically as fast as a hard drive was. They were compatible until they weren't. Plenty of issues trying to read those things on other computers.