Iomega 32214 Predator External 24x10x40 USB 1.1 and 2.0 CD-RW Drive

by Iomega

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005V14C
• Item model number: 32214
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #70 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Components > Optical Drives > CD Drives
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 15, 2001

Product Description

Product Description

For leading-edge design and 24x10x40 performance in a desktop CD-RW drive, get Iomega's USB 2.0 Predator CD-RW drive. With a sleek profile and red-hot USB 2.0 capability (backward compatible with USB 1.1), it makes suitably equipped PCs sing. Includes buffer underrun protection and new Iomega HotBurn CD-creation software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice external CD-Writer - Works with Win 98, September 5, 2002

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Ravi Kumar - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega 32214 Predator External 24x10x40 USB 1.1 and 2.0 CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

I'm using this CD-Writer with a 233 MHZ Pentium II PC running Windows 98 (second edition). Somebody mentioned below that this writer cannot be used with Win 98 - that is obviously not true. It is smaller and more portable than the earlier HP External CD-Writer I had. My PC doesn't support USB 2.0; therefore I get a maximum write speed of 4X. This means it takes about 20 minutes to write a full CD-R. When I get a newer computer with Win XP I would be able to use the 24X write speed.

I had some problems with the installation in Win 98. But the installation could be completed and the computer detected the drive after I downloaded a USB patch for Win 98 PCs. The patch (~ 14 MB) is available from the Iomega Website under the 'Support' section.

The Hot-Burn software that comes with the drive is pretty easy to use. I could easily burn a music CD by selecting the appropriate MP3 files from the hard drive. The USB 1.1 allowed only 4X write speed and the CD took around 20 minutes to create. Other options in the software include creating a data CD (useful for backing up your files) and making an exact copy of another CD that you have.

Cons: Doesn't come with detailed instructions. Asks you to print the instructions from the CD.

But very satisfactory overall.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, May 1, 2002

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Vladislav (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega 32214 Predator External 24x10x40 USB 1.1 and 2.0 CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

Very solid performance, works real quick. Important to note that its a 4x4x6 drive under USB 1.1. Works great under XP, although it looks like its not quite rugged enough: the cover looks like it can easily break off. Overall its a great drive, well recommended.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works flawlessly, December 23, 2002

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega 32214 Predator External 24x10x40 USB 1.1 and 2.0 CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

I have used Iomega products for seven years now and have never had any problems with their stability, on both PCs and Macs. (Earlier versions of the Zip disk media were another story, if you know what I mean.) The Predator proves itself to be a solid burner with respectable speeds -- if you've got USB 2.0, that is. Without USB 2.0, the Predator achieves speeds of 4x4x6, which according to Iomega is a limit imposed by the slower USB 1.1. On my workhorse Win2k PC with an USB 2.0 adapter card, I'm not sure if I actually get the maximum speed, but I'm happy with being able to create a 60-minute audio CD in about 5 minutes.

The sleekly-built Predator installs easily and quickly and, like most new burners, features buffer underrun technology to prevent writing failures. My previous HP external burner was annoyingly sensitive to buffer underrun, and caused half of all my burns to fail even when the authoring software is the only app running. So far I've experienced a less than 10% failure rate on the Predator. Maybe even less than 5%. And I can actually surf many web sites while burning a CD-R, something I couldn't dream of doing with the HP.

The Predator is one fine product and actually looks cool, which is not something to be said of most PC peripherals. Please note that this product does not work on Macintoshes. Win98, WinME, Win2k, and WinXP only.