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

To: Pacing The Cage who wrote (3663)	12/20/1999 5:21:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

Must-Read article on CD-RW - Very Important yahoo.cnet.com It looks like Zip is in real, serious trouble. CD-RW is projected to be built-in more than 30% of PC's sold in December. And the biggest selling, most popular combo is a DVD drive with a CD-RW- NO ZIP. CD-RW built-in is doubling in percentage every month or so. Within a few months, virtually every home PC sold could have a CD-RW drive Standard. CD-RW is gaining tremendous strength and as a result Zip drives are being left on the shelves at OEM's. It looks like Compaq and/or Hewlett-Packard may soon Standardize ALL of the their PC's wit CD-RW. This can only hurt all-important Zip disk and drive sales for Iomega. And Iomega depends on Zip in order to survive.