Very nice review as usual, zevia!

You list one feature of the drive as being negative:

* Turbo Boost (48x CD-R/ROM read/write) is disabled by default

This depends on your point of view, and in my opinion it's a positive that the drive per default is limited to 40x writing speed for CD-R media. By writing at 40x the chance of burning a coaster is much reduced and the sacrifice in burn time is very small.

I wish it were possible to limit the burn speed of both CD-R and DVD±R media in more drives - as an option that could be turned on/off.

There's entirely too much focus on burn speed and not enough focus on burn quality/reliablity in marketing of optical drives, and it has been that way ever since the first 2x CD-R drive was created.

I also find it annoying that companies are so desperate to get 18x and 20x write speeds, while many of them still can't or won't produce drives that read recorded DVD media faster than 8x or 12x.