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To: Boplicity who wrote (172364)	2/7/2003 12:11:08 AM
From: Jack Hartmann	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Dell to Do Away With Floppy Drives on Desktops PCs February 6, 2003 Associated Press ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Like vinyl records and eight-track tapes, floppy drives are slowly succumbing to the march of technology. Dell Computer Corp. (DELL), one of the world's largest computer makers, said Wednesday it will stop putting the drives in its desktop computers next month and offer them only as an option. Newer storage devices can hold far more data, at a competitive price, spelling likely extinction for the floppy. "What Dell has done, I expect every major vendor to do in the next 12 months," said Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, a technology consulting firm in San Jose, Calif. Floppy disks, the square 3-1/2-inch plastic device that stores 1.44-megabytes of information, have lost their allure for many people who have evolved to newer, larger-capacity technology. Floppy disks long ago ceded their turf as the delivery medium for software - CD ROMs and the Internet now handle that task. And many people find a 1.44 MB disk too puny to handle the daily data of a digital life - photos, MP3 files, e-mail records. Rewriteable CDs, ZIP drives and portable hard drives -especially keychain-sized flash-memory devices - have established themselves as far more useful. "The utility of a floppy disk is just no longer there for most users," Mr. Bajarin said. Dell brand 16-megabyte USB flash-memory drives will be offered standard in Dimension's high-end model first and the company will consider making it available on all desktops depending on customer response, Dell spokesman Lionel Menchaca said. The keychain-sized USB drives will cost the same as floppy drives, he said. USB drives are considered "plug-and-go" because they plug into computers and software is easily installed. Drivers are included in Windows XP, which comes standard on Dell's desktops, he said. Persuading some desktop users to drop the floppy could be a challenge, which is why Dell is moving slowly, Mr. Menchaca said. The company no longer provides floppy drives on standard notebook computers. Apple Computer Inc. stopped including floppy disk drives in Macintosh computers five years ago. Other PC makers, including Hewlett-Packard, continue to offer floppy drives on desktops. smartmoney.com I remember when my kids were little and they thought it was a slot of coins. :P Jack

To: Boplicity who wrote (172364)	2/9/2003 10:40:59 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

No more Bango, Bo You will find time some day- to look back and see your own very unique accomplishments - just takes the right attitude to focus on them siliconinvestor.com Dell is looking like a buy here. Its at a low, the Macd is out of site to the bottom of the chart, etc In the Nov report Dell said they saw no signs of improvement in the industry, which dropped the stock by $1 from (30 to 29 ) and then another $1 to 28 . In other words a minor effect This weeks report should be more of the same - meet or exceed the earnings , with superb sales growth, but dim visibility forward unless Kevin changes the script. Expect an upward move before earnings But we are still us at the mercy of the NAS and the war I left my GTC in at 23.5 and was surprised to get it. Might try for a bit more at 22.5 Regards Sig PS I like this new 2350 Dell. It was no problem whatever converting to the WIN XP functions after using Win 98. It come with great powered speakers- having separate transformer