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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: w sun who wrote (34349)	11/3/1997 5:57:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>At this price, it is not only a threat to jaz, but also to zip as zip+ is priced exactly at $199.<< w-sun - I do see SparQ as somewhat of a threat to Jaz, ranging from minor to fairly serious, but I don't see it having much impact on Zip. One thing Zip buyers are getting these days is compatibility with 9 million other Zip users. They can't get that from Sparq. Moreover, many users don't need 1GB in a removable, and Zip's 100MB capacity is fine for them. They won't see the point in paying 33 bucks for media which are too big in the first place. I'm talking about users like my wife, who puts large graphics files on a Zip disk and takes them or sends them in to magazines for publication. The files are too big for floppies, but fit easily on a Zip disk. Certainly, if SparQ ships in quantity and if it's marketed properly, it should be a successful product. I'd be tempted myself. Sure beats 100 bucks a meg for Jaz disks. But on the other hand, I already have the Jaz drive and four disks, don't I? So why would I want to get involved with a new, incompatible format? There's also the possibility that SparQ violates Iomega patents in the same way that they allege SyJet does. It will be very interesting to see how that pans out. - Allen