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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (34703)	11/6/1997 4:28:00 PM
From: John Solder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

RRR (Re: Rockhead Rantings) >>This thing is pitifully slow. It doesn't hold much storage either. 20MB is not enough memory to hold any more than 1 picture... I'm sure the engineers at IOM -never- considered these issues. Get a life BTW SYQT 3 27/32 down 3/16 But you already knew that. IOM 29 UP 1/4

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (34703)	11/6/1997 4:50:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Respond to of 58324

Rocky, thanks for your attempt to add a voice of reason, but we have a few already. Your observation about digital photography quality was talked to death six month ago. It is my opinion that the quality issue will become moot eventually, as higher capacity storage devices take over. N-hand is a good second step in this evolution, after flash. As far as whether a 20MB disk is enough for 1 picture, I think you exaggerate. Sure, even 2000x3000x3 is not as good as a great 35 mm, but most of 35 mm resolution is wasted anyway until you enlarge way beyond what most people are willing to pay for. This argument of yours is a red herring. 20MB is enough to hold 4 or 5 uncompressed 1024x768x3 pix, and anyone who has seen such a normal 4x5" photo knows this is more than enough for a good print. And with minimally lossy compression, you can hold perhaps 10 hi-res pix. I think that is enough to overcome any ergonomical objections.

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (34703)	11/12/1997 12:40:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>You can read about the Zip Clicking Death Syndrome in any one of the Iomega newsgroups.<< Rocky, all - I have recently experienced the Clicking Death Syndrome problem myself. But it turned out not to be a problem with the drive, just the individual disk. I have a Zip disk which I have been using almost every single day to back up my Quicken files. Since I do portfolio tracking, as well as checking, with Quicken, the file does change just about daily. After more than a year of overwriting the same file on the same disk every day, the drive started making the clicking noises that have been described. When I would try to backup the Quicken file, the drive would click several times, then I'd get an error message about write errors. Interestingly, after I cleared the error message, the backup would usually complete itself. I decided to just try another disk, and the problem went away. So nothing was wrong with my Zip drive. Since the disks come with a lifetime warranty, I will just have the old one replaced. Personally, I think the Clicking Death may not be as big a problem as some believe. - Allen