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

To: Reseller who wrote (1783)	7/17/1999 11:39:00 PM
From: Dale Stempson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

Reseller, I suspect Zip still has the potential for dramatic growth if Iomega can somehow find a way to significantly cut manufacturing costs. While prices have steadily moved lower over time, it appears they still have a ways to go. Continued reductions will likely be more difficult now due to flattening demand. How quickly can costs be reduced without the benefit of increasing volume manufacturing efficiencies? It's a near Catch-22 situation. Regards - Dale

To: Reseller who wrote (1783)	7/18/1999 9:16:00 AM
From: David Colvin	Respond to of 5023

I agree the next 6 months will be a defining period for Iomega. Although the last few weeks have been encouraging, I'm particularly satisfied to see Compaq come back on board, I think this was very important. My take on Clik! is a little different, I've not given up on the idea of eliminating the 1.44 floppy drive, I know this is against the overwhelming opinion that seems to be expressed everywhere but the usefulness of the 1.44 drive is nelch, nada, nothing, gone, dead, can you tell, I absolutely abhor the thing. It's got to go period. Hate to build a PIII 550 with 128 megs of ram, 20 gig hard drive, 250 meg Zip drive, Voodoo 3 VGA Card, SoundBlaster Live, H-P burner and put a 1.44 floppy drive in it... ugh. Well I got that off my chest. Now the reason why I want Clik! to succeed is to provide a second revenue source enabling Iomega to reduce the price of Zip to a point that it replaces that other thing. ; )) Once again, I agree with everything you said with one exception......I think the standard 3.5" floppy drive should be replaced with the Clik! drive, and bootable via the BIOS as drive "A". Then, if Iomega does, indeed, get the Clik! drive integrated in every conceivable small electrical device out there (cameras, PDAs, GPSs, MP3 players, etc.), there would be a "natural" built-in way to transfer data from such devices to a MAC/PC without fiddling around with additional cables. Ultimately reducing the price of Clik! disks to under $5 should then be Iomega's next goal. Such a scenario would finally become a fully integrated Iomega "system" that would be extremely convenient and inexpensive for all computer users. There are times when bigger is not better!At the present, there are a lot of "Joe six pack" people out there that don't use Zip drives.....even if one is built-in to their computer! I have a friend who is one of them! On the other hand, after seeing my Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera, he just may buy a new Agfa camera with a built-in Clik! drive...and no really convenient way to transfer pictures to his computer because his Zip drive can't read Clik! disks! The Zip drive could always still be purchased separately by those with the desire to store and transfer larger amounts of data on one disk.....people such as graphics designers and lawyers with a separate disk for each client. It probably wasn't feasible back in 1994 but I really wish Iomega could have developed and marketed the Clik! drive first.....then the Zip drive! Right now, my new Norton AntiVirus 5.0 requires 5 floppy disks for creation of an "emergency" rescue set. How neat it would be if I had a bootable Clik! drive as drive "A" and could do it with one disk! Dave