Question: The transfer rate for my CD-ROM drive is faster than it should be - or at least it appears to be. MakeCD's write window shows a very high transfer rate for the drive. Why?
Answer: MakeCD shows the interval between sending a read request to the CD-ROM drive and receiving back the request together with the data. That is all. Some drives use intelligent buffer technology while MakeCD is not using the drive to fill its buffer with data that it hopes will be requested on the next access to the drive. The drive often "guesses" correctly and the drive is able to send the data directly from its buffer to MakeCD without even having to access the CD. This is why the drive appears to be so fast. Without the small pauses, the value would be slower.
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