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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (35908)	11/15/1997 2:38:00 PM
From: sheila rothstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Rocky, The WSJ article on Sparq names so many flaws (reread the article and count them)in the product that even a ROCKET SCIENTIST couldn't correct them. They'd be wise to start all over again. At this point it would be too late as ZIP is already the standard. SR

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (35908)	11/16/1997 12:41:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>The columnist clearly stated that the SparQ drive worked great running full video clips and applications. His main complaint? The installation software. << Rocky - I agree to some extent. The article was certainly not a complete pan of the product. I think the real question is how much time does SyQuest have to build market share before they run out of money. And when will these drives really begin to appear? I have yet to see one, myself. BTW, I was in your favorite CompUSA store this afternoon. (I wondered if I might run into you.) Still no Sparqs in sight. On the other hand, there were no Zip Plus drives, either. I did see two gentlemen discuss the SyJet, then put it into their basket. Of course, I also saw two people buying Zip drives, and two others buying multi-packs of disks; one Fuji 10-pack and an Iomega 3-pack. I spoke to the guys buying the SyJet, and one of them said that he had an EZFlyer and was happy with it. He said his friend (who had limited English) was going to use the SyJet for backup, and he was glad that the power supply was dual-voltage and would work in Europe. The man spontaneously made the comment that "Everyone wants a Zip drive nowadays." Iomega still has much larger presence than any other removable in this store, both in drives and in disks. - Allen