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

To: Bobo Bear who wrote (3517)	11/26/1999 4:35:00 PM
From: David Colvin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5023

40% of HP Pavillion's sold in October came with a CD-RW drive. And I would bet even money that all of those HP machines had either a 3.5" floppy disk drive or an Iomega Zip drive installed! What do you suppose those percentages are for Dell home PCs or Apple G4s? Who do you think sells more machines....HP or Dell? Case in point...the IMac. As you know, the IMac wasn't offered with a floppy disk drive (smart move...saved that much more money on fabrication costs allowing for a "low" retail price). How many people do you think will be permamently satisfied with an IMac without either a USB floppy disk drive or a USB Zip drive to use with it? Why do you think that nearly all of the latest Apple G4 machines come with a Zip drive as a standard configuration? Why do you think 6 out of 7 Dell home PCs come with a Zip drive as a standard configuration? Whether or not any PC comes with a CD-R/CD-RW, try buying a PC (not a MAC) without either a 3.5" floppy disk drive or an Iomega Zip drive. Any high-end PC comes "standard" with at least a "regular" CD-ROM drive and a 3.5" floppy disk drive, with a separate Iomega Zip drive being an option. I believe that there's simply no way that "Joe Sixpack" user is going to be offered a PC with just a CD-RW drive in it, which only proves the point I am making!!! Since most software now comes on "cheap" CD disks, one has to have at least a "regular" CD-ROM drive to install the software or pay extra to get it on floppies. Also, if one wants to archive large amounts of data or "burn" a music CD, a CD-RW drive is more applicable. On the other hand, in order to be able to conveniently back up or transport relatively small files, a floppy/Zip drive is ideal....and I believe the Zip drive is becoming more ideal all the time because of the increasing size of user-created files and software downloads out there, such as Netscape 4.7 which is 18 Mb! Zip/floppy disk drives and CD-ROM/CD-RW drives simply have different uses, and I believe never the "twain" shall meet. Dave