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Non-Tech : The New Iomega '2000' Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RedCrystal who wrote (1214)	6/29/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

RC, I expect the 1.44MB floppy to stay around. It is simply very cheap to add to a box. Jim Porter of DiskTrend thinks so. iMac of course doesn't have a floppy drive. I saw an add-on USB floppy at Fry's for $100. Next to it a USB ZIP for $129. But a box maker pays less than $15 for a floppy drive and Reseller has stated they pay under $50 for an internal ZIP. So keeping up the pressure to reduce manufacturing cost seems the way to go for Iomega. BTW, the hard disk drive industry is in the same bind. They get no respect from box makers and now every one of the big three [SEG, QNTM, WDC] has warned. Maybe an investors' time would be better spent on other industries. :( Gottfried