Actually, some users may find their CD-ROM disks working quite a bit faster.
Now they are just as likely to boot up a computer and reach for a CD-ROM disk.
They also review other library support materials like CD-ROM disks.
CD-ROM disks, which typically range from $40 to $70, include games, children's programs and reference works.
CD-ROM disks and players will be sold at retail for the first time this year.
Even with the best data compression, the current CD-ROM disks can hold only about an hour of video images.
A typical feature film thus would require at least two CD-ROM disks.
He has been sulking because his uncle gave him only a book, not a CD-ROM disk.
Much of the growth has been in entertainment and education software published on CD-ROM disks.
At the same time, sales of personal computer based games on CD-ROM disks have begun to take off.