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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: Kashish King who wrote (42121)1/3/1998 3:08:00 AM
From: FuzzFace  Read Replies (5) of 58324
 
CD-R is WORM (write once read many) technology. Who needs it? One mistake, and you toss a disk. Even if you are perfect, the non-reusable media costs will quickly add up.

CD-RW costs a lot more than CD-R, and the ones I saw tonight at Fry's still suffer from the same compatibility issues that have kept the market confused about CD-R(W) since the beginning. What can it read? What can it write? Is it the same as CD-R? Even a Fry's salesman I listened to was selling a CD-R to a couple, and representing it as CD-RW. I would love to see the usenet group they post to when they get that sucker home and waste a few disks on it before realizing what WORM means.

CD-R or RW is slow, only holds 650MB and will eventually be replaced by DVD. It is a stopgap measure at best, and an overpriced toy at worst. Yes they are getting cheaper, but not fast enough to matter. By the time they are cheap enough for mass appeal, they will be hopelessly obsolete. IMO.
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