Followup: LaCie CD-RW drive buffer size: 2MB or 4MB?

In response to previous reports yesterday and the day before about the RAM buffer size in LaCie's CD-RW drives, we received this clarification from Paul Van Mai, Product Manager of Software Development at LaCie. He writes: I would like to help clarify and apologize for the misinformation that Steve Hutson recieved from our tech support in regards to the LaCie 12x4x32 FireWire CDRW drive. Toast 4.1.1 is reporting the correct buffer size on this drive, it is 2MB, not 4MB. This is not an issue with Toast or a firmware problem with the 12x4x32 FireWire CDRW drive. Not all 12x4x32 CDRW drives have 4MB buffer as reported by our tech support. Only the 12x4x32 SCSI versions (LaCie CDRW-12432S 'non BurnProof' & Plextor PX-W12432TI 'BurnProof') have 4MB buffers. The 12x4x32 SCSI BurnProof (based on Sanyo CDRW-12432BP2S) and 12x4x32 FireWire BurnProof (LaCie CDBP-12432) both have 2MB buffer. Drives that use BurnProof technology, in general, will not require a higher buffer/cache to offset issues with Buffer Underrun. BurnProof technology is a combination of hardware and software (Toast 4.1.1 and ECDC 4.02d or higher) that works in conjuction to reduce issues with Buffer Underrun. Ocassionally, LaCie's website will have specs for drives that are only offered in Europe, but not in the US. At times, this can confuse our users. However, we do appreciate your Web site bringing this issue to our attention so we can correct any misinformation. We strive to maintain and improve the quality of our services and products.