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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: Brendan2012 who wrote (51670)3/31/1998 11:12:00 PM
From: James Choi  Read Replies (3) of 58324
 
>Or maybe the slowdown is temporary, and once the box makers
>startdoing better they can start adding more parts, especially
>Zips, to their computers again.

The significance of the Zip drive is that it offers a removable medium. Since its introduction, several things happened.

CD-R recorder is now going for $300 a piece. When Zip came out, those recorders were going for close (if not over $1000) a piece. At this rate, the CD-R recorders might come close to $200 line, the price of Zip (or Jaz) drive.

CD-Rs used to cost over $8. Now you can get them for $1.50 each. It's capacity is 650M, about 6.5 times more than a Zip at a fraction of the cost.

As for being "standard" you simply cannot hope to compete with CD-ROM readers. Every single computer has one and its is getting cheaper and faster (32x now) every day.

The only advantage left for Zip is the speed. It take time to burn a CD 15 min to 30 minutes. But if you are not in a hurry, it is hard to forgo 6.5 times the capacity at 1/6 the cost. That is about 36 times better cost per byte. Not to mention 100 times better chance that your recipient will read the data you sent.

I never understood why Zip was getting so popular when one had CD-R all along. At least now I understand why Zip is going out of favor.

James Choi
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