x1 is really not that long... You would be surprised. I have not triend to copy any faster yet... I have just read in here that,x1 is the best way to copy... So that is what I have done. It works and is a more relieable copy so why not. Time is not an issue for me really. Just a good copy...
as far as your parents machine??? I have read before that if you burn faster than some readers can read them, then they might not be able to read them. Also, it could be disc at once problem. If you do not use disc at once then the older cdroms do not understand them.