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

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (37440)	11/25/1997 5:04:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

>>HiFD's spec looks promising because it is much faster than zip, twice the capacity and backward compatible with 1.44MB and comparable or better reliablity. If it is priced properly (check my previous post 207.183.153.206 it will kill Zip 100MB easily. The 10M installed base is not a problem at all when all new PC makers (Compaq, Dell, GW2k) sell each PC with a HiFD instead of 1.44FD. In addition with the pressure from SyQuest SparQ. This is very certain that the profit margin of IOM will lower.<< Andy - The fact is, however, that all the major PC manufacturers are backing Zip and HiFD is still not much more real than a press release. When, or really I should say if, I start seeing the large PC manufacturers dropping Zip and committing to HiFD, then I will start worrying about the future of Zip. But even if that happens, I wouldn't count Iomega out completely. They seem to have more than one idea per decade. - Allen