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

To: Gottfried who wrote (3396)	11/11/1999 1:41:00 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Respond to of 5023

Gottfried, >>>A USB floppy costs nearly as much as a USB ZIP. Around $100. Another example where the manufacturer saves the $15 for the floppy and the customer spends six times as much to correct that mistake.<<< I confronted that scenario when I bought my PowerBook G3 a while back. It doesn't come with a floppy drive. The problem was easily solved by using my older system to transfer every floppy's data to Zip disks - it took two Zips. After that I have no need for a floppy. Occasionally someone wants a file of mine - I give it to him on a Zip. I only have problems when the other guy doesn't have a Zip - then I e-mail the file to him. Really, you can buy a USB floppy add-on, but it's a tremendous waste of money once you've switched out of the floppy world. Jeff