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To: dartmouth who wrote (5052)12/11/1997 7:13:00 PM
From: Fairways9  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 7685
 
For what its worth.

I live a few miles from Iomega and recently bought a removable storage device for work. The winner was a Syquest Sparq portable drive. I heavily based my decision on the performance differences between the Iomega products and Syquest's. I've been unsuccessful in finding an internal drive for my home pc (sold out). I'm trying to buy it for Christmas. I can't find the SparQ (external or internal) in any local stores. It seems that Syquest is slow to market with the SparQ. I think they would have sold like hotcakes if placed in front of Christmas shoppers. I haven't met one person that has heard of the SparQ (including local PC salesmen) but everybody knows the Zip.

Marc



To: dartmouth who wrote (5052)12/12/1997 7:52:00 PM
From: Cogito  Respond to of 7685
 
>>Just found a sony CD-R drive for $330 (educational pricing)
Blank CDs a buck eighty each!
Rewritable CDs around $17.
was going to look for a sparq/jaz.
how can I not buy that CD-R drive?<<

Dartmouth -

Well, for one thing, you won't be able to use the Rewritable CDs in it.

But wait until some time around February. There will be 4x Write/12x Read CD-R/RW drives available for 300 bucks or less.

Will this mean the end for both Iomega and SyQuest? We'll see.

- Allen


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