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

To: Philip J. Davis who wrote (3237)	10/25/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5023

CD-RW's Taking Over OEM's!!!! Thanks to IomegaNut over at The Motely Fool for this post: boards.fool.com JUST LOOK AT TODAY'S NY TIMES-- CD/RW BUILT-IN IS EVERYWHERE!!!! And no machine has CD/RW and Zip--this is it folks... according to OEM's, CD/RW REPLACES Zip drives in computers! The vast majority of PC's in today's NY Times come with CD-RW Standard- no Zip. In fact, there are only two PC's that even have a Zip (out of 30 PC's advertised today) Here are the results: DataVision flier: page 12 HP Pavilion 6540 w/CD-RW $459 HP Pavilion 8590C w/ CD-RW $1499 IBM Aptiva 595 w/CD-RW $1449 IBM Aptiva 550 w/CD-RW $949 IBM Aptiva 190 w/CD-RW $499 Sony R538DS w/ CD-RW $1249 Compaq Presario 5838 w/CD-RW $999 Compaq Presario 5868 w/CD-RW $1549 only ONE Compaq 5460 w/Zip $299 (a closeout model) Totals: 16 PC's # of CD-RW built-in = 8 # of Zip = 1 Circuit City flier page 12 Compaq Athlon 500 w/CD-RW $1199 IBM 500 w/CD-RW $699 Compaq 466 w/CD-RW $699 Page 13 HP 500 w/CD-RW $799 only ONE Compaq 475 model w/Zip $499 Totals: 6 PC's # w/CD-RW built-in = 3 # w/Zip = 1 CompUSA flier page 2 HP 600 w/CD-RW $1799 page 4 Compaq 500 w/CD-RW $1199 HP 500 w/CD-RW $929 Compaq 600 w/CD-RW $1949 NO ZIPS BUILT-IN Totals: 6 PC's # w/CD-RW = 4 # w/Zip = 0 J&R Computer (back of Money and Business) IBM Aptiva E190 w/CD-RW $499 NO ZIPS BUILT-IN Totals: 2 PC's # w/CD-RW = 1 # w/Zip = 0 Grand Totals for the Sunday's NY Times: # of PC's = 30 # w/CD-RW = 16 # w/Zip = 2 CD-RW inclusion = 53% Zip inclusion = 7% Fact: CD-RW REPLACES Zip drives in OEM's. The number of Zip built-in has been dropping off dramatically this month as prices for CD-RW drives have come down under $200. The price point at which CD-RW comes Standard has been dropping dramatically. Iomega Investors have been curiously silent throughout all this. I wonder why? What do I expect Iomega Investors here to do with the Facts that CD-RW is replacing Zip as the preferred built-in storage? Probably either ignore it, deny it, or wish it weren't true (You know...the usual). No wonder they sit on a $3 stock. Iomega is clearly being left behind as CD-RW drives are included more and more in PC's. And Zip is getting kicked out of the box. Don't say you were never warned about this trend!