# DVD-RAM or DVD-GOAT?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ram-or-dvd-goat/37227 "2000-10-17T04:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ram-or-dvd-goat/37227/1 "2000-10-17T04:05:54Z")

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Extra cash on hand, & once again contemplating the purchase of new toy…flip open latest Mac catalog to get a sense of where the prices on SCSI or FireWire DVD-RAM devices is falling these days…

Falling, falling, falling right off the pages and into oblivion???

Hey!!! I have a built-in DVD-ROM playback unit in my PowerBook and I sort of figured it would be cool to sort of concatenate the contents of my MP3 CD-ROMs into a couple of DVD-ROMs, make more room in my carry-along CD case, make a backup to leave at home (easier than backing up all those damn CDs)…so what’s the deal here? Has the industry decided there’s no future for DVD as a computer medium?

::stalking off pissed, but not in the mood to buy another Floptical::