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

To: Naggrachi who wrote (36610)	11/20/1997 1:42:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 58324

I would not be suprised to see ZIP 200,300 & up. If they can put 40 megs on that little CLIK disk, how much more difficult to put 300 megs on a ZIP? Plus if they make a new ZIP 200, 300 or higher, it should be would be backwards compatible with 100 ZIPS. I my opinion Iomega is going to have to increase the storage size of the ZIP.

To: Naggrachi who wrote (36610)	11/20/1997 1:47:00 AM
From: Richard Smith	Respond to of 58324

have you tried the zip plus? it's amazing. any other zip like product is way late by now.

To: Naggrachi who wrote (36610)	11/20/1997 2:07:00 AM
From: William R. Polk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Ultimately the only thing that matters to the OEMs is the cost of a "high capacity floppy" solution. If Sony could get the cost of the drive down to Zip's then I think they could get a least a foot in the OEM door. But then they are up against the enormous installed base of the Zip which, by the end of next year, could be 25 million drives (including NEC, et.al.). Furthermore, IOM has already gotten feedback from the OEMs that there is no great demand (yet) for a 200MB solution. Remember that IOM has a 200MB drive already designed and tested but there is no compelling mass market demand. Do you think that Sony is somehow going to find a different answer when it goes to the OEMs? I don't think so. Regards, Bill Polk

To: Naggrachi who wrote (36610)	11/20/1997 9:55:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>Bill, what's your impression of the Sony 200mb drive? Is it me or can this drive really give the Zip a run for its money. I mean there are no weaknesses in this drive, argument wise either.<< Zead - You didn't ask me, but I'm volunteering. The Sony/Fuji drive looks like it could be a really good product. But it isn't for sale yet. One working prototype does not a working product make. In the meanwhile, Zip sales continue to accelerate. Sony would like to get a bunch of computer makers to agree to use their new drive as a standard, but so far they haven't made much headway. Soon, the question won't be whether a drive is compatible with the 1.44MB floppy, but whether it's compatible with the Zip. And if they need to, Iomega can alway introduce the 200MB Zip. - Allen