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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

CD-RW was generally more of a gimmick than a useful format - especially once flash drives appeared and then doubled in size every several months.

CD-R was king for burning audio CDs or general data (until DVD-R came along).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

cd-rw were very useful when internets were dialled-up (or later ADSL) and you were working on large image files on different desktops

gimmick was the zip driveZIP 250 USB Drive

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears 5 points 23 hours ago

CD-RW was the lifeblood of my mp3-discman, i just loved to be able to add songs i just discovered!