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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (49008)	2/27/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Zakrosian	Read Replies (1) of 58324

And here's another review of the SparQ from the Washington Post: washingtonpost.com Some highlights The best part of the SparQ is its barely-below-$200 price The worst part of the SparQ is the compromises SyQuest made to keep the price so low. It runs significantly slower than the Jaz (which comes close to regular hard-drive speeds) and performs only about half as fast as SyQuest's claims when copying large files, with even greater slowdowns when a lot of small files are involved. It also hijacks your computer when copying data: It relies too heavily on your processor to do its work, slowing down graphics and making the cursor bog down and sometimes disappear entirely. This makes the SparQ a poor solution for applications that frequently access the drive, such as games. Its lack of a faster SCSI connection may explain this sluggishness; it also makes the SparQ a non-starter for Mac users. Finally, SparQ cartridges feel flimsier than Jaz or seemingly indestructible Zip disks, and inserting them in the drive is not a smooth process. But compared to hard disks and Jaz drives, it's slow and cumbersome. You can't beat the price -- but you can beat the performance.

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