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

To: Dave Krishna who wrote (40051)	12/15/1997 7:01:00 PM
From: AreWeThereYet	Respond to of 58324

> Anyone else hear this rumor ? If true, this is the HiFD killer. HiFD is not here yet, so does rumored ZipII. Even the 25-30% speed improvement is against Zip+ (Zip+ is already around 30-35% faster), the HiFD is still technically better on "spec" but Zip has signficant larger user install base. aC

To: Dave Krishna who wrote (40051)	12/15/1997 7:16:00 PM
From: Fred Fahmy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Dave, <The new drive is rumored to hold up to 200 MB...> Kim Edwards said many months ago that the 200 MB ZIP was ready to go whenever they felt that the market was ready for the product. I don't consider this a rumor or new. I consider it a fact and old. BTW, HiFD's lack of compatiblity with the current standard (i.e. ZIP) makes it DOA. Long IOM, FF

To: Dave Krishna who wrote (40051)	12/15/1997 10:49:00 PM
From: Frank Drumond	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

>The new drive is rumored to hold up to 200 MB of data and have 25-30% faster read and write times< Given the length of time that Iomega hs been playing with the 200 MB drive, I think that Iomega will beat these numbers if/when they roll out Zip 2 ;-) I posted the following over the weekend... HiFD vs. Zip These are the points people should keep in mind on this issue. 1) Iomega has the most experience with the Fuji ATOM media. 2) Iomega has stated that they have had proto 200 MB drives for over a year. 3) The new Clik is twice the capacity of the original n.hand announcement. n.hand was spec'd as Zip compatible at the time therefore Clik represents at least a doubling of Zip capacity. 4) A high capacity 200+ MB drive that can read and write a 100 MB Zip disk would be more desirable than a floppy compatible drive. 5) Iomega will have an easier time selling a 200+ MB drive to their current OEMS than Sony will. 6) Iomega has already run through several generations of the Zip drive so they can bring better economies to the product than Sony can. I doubt very much that Iomega has taken a "deer in the headlights" reaction to the Sony announcement. My guess is that by the time Clik ships that Iomega can respond to the the Sony HiFD. Think about this. By mid '98 as many as 20 million Zip drives will have shipped (maybe more). Iomega has a great opportunity to launch the "super-sized" Zip at that time and not only continue and expand their OEM business but also address a HUGE upgrade market. KE is very sharp in this regard. Instead of playing the SyQuest "drive of the month club" approach to product marketing KE is waiting until the last possible moment to introduce the next generation drive. This was/is necessary to cement Zip as a standard.