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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (56272)6/17/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 58324
 
"one automatically treats the external model with care because it doesn't inspire much confidence in its ruggedness"

This was said of Clik! earlier today.

On a whirlwind lunch hour tour of PC Expo today, I saw the external Clik! for myself. The Iomega rep had one attached to a Windows CE handheld. As he opened directories on the Clik! drive I noticed some AVI video files. I asked the rep to play one, which he did. While it was playing, without asking permission, I picked up the Clik! drive and gave it a couple of shakes. The video kept playing.

I really didn't feel that the unit looked like it needed especially careful handling.

BTW, it should be noted that AVI files are not the same as mpeg or other true video files, in that they are highly compressed. You don't need a fast drive to play them. I'm not commenting on speed, here.

The Iomega booth also featured many small notebooks with the new 12.7 mm Zips in them, including the beautiful Micron GoBook.

The new Sony ultrathin notebook is also just great. Although the screen is small, the whole machine weighs less than 3 pounds. And it has a magnesiun alloy case for strength. Pretty cool.

The two HiFD drives that were shown running video clips were external models larger than an external Zip. I asked the rep if he could demonstrate the backward compatibility feature with a floppy disk. He said no, the drive has to run the video demo.

There were a couple of VAIO desktop machines with HiFD faceplates on the front, but I was told by the reps that they were not actual drives.

- Allen
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