Duke, Jack, et. al. -
CPQ recently standardized their laptop hot swappable devices, so that the CD-ROM, DVD, removable hard drive and LS120 drive are all interchangable across the product range. Now they have added that support to this device.
The LS120 will read and write standard floppy drives (if you really want to, I have not used a floppy in a long time). It will also read-write a floppy-sized 120MB thingie which is a more useful storage size in today's bloatware world.
So unlike the iMac, this product can accept the devices you probably already have for your CPQ laptop for that occasional floppy, or to read CDs or DVDs. The removable 6GB hard disk is a pretty handy way to move big data, like say a photo archive or a complete system image.
The only similarity I can see with the iMac is the use of USB for general-purpose connectivity, and the small size. Aside from that it is a much more carefully engineered product, designed for a business environment, allows you to use the monitor of your choice (or maybe the one you already have), and is less than half the Imac cost. |
