>>The 1.44 floppy is 2 years overdue to be replaced and until bandwith becomes wide enough...<<
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Look, how many times does it have to be said? There is not a chance in Hell that the Zip drive will replace the 1.44 floppy. No computer to this day, not even Compaq, has dropped the floppy in favor of Zip. And they won't.
Why? Try $19.95 for a Zip disc.
Some here say they can get $8 to $9 per disc by buying in bulk. Fine. How many average computer users are willing to blow almost $100 to enjoy those savings? Don't make me laugh. Besides, if the floppy is old and outdated, you better tell that to 95% of computer users who don't use Zip, and use floppies everyday. You better tell that to software makers who ship their products on CD-Roms AND NECESSARY KEY DISCS on 1.44 floppies. This reason alone is why the floppy drive will stay. And this is why a solution like Sony HiFi, which can read and write Standard floppies, is absolutely necessary. No software maker is going to ship software on a CD that costs 0.25› to stamp, and $10.00 or so on the key disc. What a crock. Drivers, installers, updates, patches, and small applications are all still delivered on 1.44 floppy. No mass deliveries are on Zip.
The Zip disc form factor is too big, it is a step backwards. The small thin size of the 1.44 floppy is perfect. Do you know what also has this same small thin form? Sony 200MB HiFi. The HiFi disc has a familiar shape and size that computer users are used to, so adoption of it is a natural. And it is virtually guaranteed that Sony HiFi will be the first and perhaps only drive replace the dedicated floppy drive in desktop machines.
To those mistakingly deceiving themselves that other computer makers won't adopt another computer maker's technology, I have just a few things to say: Sony 1.44 floppy drives, IBM hard drives, NEC semiconductors, Miron semiconductors, etc. etc.
Zip has not, and will not replace the floppy. Plain and simple. |
