>>I looked at the Shark product this weekend and it is impressive and tempting. But so what? Everybody I work with has zip or jaz. My firm has 14 jaz drives. I don't get it. <<
Trufflette -
I agree with you about the Shark. It's a very sexy product. I thought about getting one when it first came out, but that old compatibility bugaboo got me.
On the other hand, while Zip would be pretty hard to catch, I don't think Jaz's lead is insurmountable at this point. SparQ has a real shot, IMO. Its success depends upon public perception of its reliability, value, utilty, etc. And on SyQuest being able to actually get them out the door.
After reviewing the technical specs on SparQ, I now see that the carts are exactly the same size as SyJet's. They only look large on the website because they used a small kid as a model.
I figure they are using the same shells as SyJet with only minor modifications. This will enable them to produce SparQ cartridges without doing too much retooling. Very smart, since they won't be completely losing their SyJet investment, even though they are obviously killing that product.
Someone on the SyQuest thread suggested that they might just be using rejected SyJet disks and formatting them for a lower capacity, but that's silly. SyJet uses two platters, SparQ only one. Whoops, veered off into nerdland, there. Who cares, right?
- Allen |
