Plextor has been in all practicality the leader in optical drives and storage harkening back to the days of yore, i.e. when 4x was an intense luxury. Skipping by the 32x line of CD-RW drives, Plextor has decided to blast right through all the way to 40x. However, incredibly fast writing and rewriting is not the only thing that computer users are concerned with. What good is a 40x burner if the user has to make sure not to move the mouse under the threat of a coaster? Moreover, writable media comes in many different forms and sometimes is not given a rated speed. The Plextor PC-W4012TA combines both pure speed and features to impress anyone who might look at its specifications. Today Hardware Pub will evaluate it to see if said drive stands up to all of the hype that it has been receiving