Skip the CD-R. Why not just get a DVD-RW? 4.7GB of backup there.
Agreed a DVD-RW is definitely the way to go. I bought one a few weeks ago and was dreading installing it on my computer. I expected it to be a real pain to set up, but the whole thing took me 15 minutes and I burned my first DVD last night. DVD-RW rock.
You don't know the best part. The drive was so honking big, it took two 5.25" drive bays. The tape cartidges are roughtly two-thirds the size of a VHS casette.
Skip the CD-R. Why not just get a DVD-RW? 4.7GB of backup there.
Portability. I'd like CDs I can stick into virtually any PC, not just those with a DVD/RW drive.