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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (40490)	12/18/1997 1:27:00 PM
From: Spank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Rocky: How much are those Rocket disks? (eom) -Spank

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (40490)	12/18/1997 1:37:00 PM
From: Naggrachi	Respond to of 58324

<<This is exactly Iomega's problem--if you can afford the 2 Gig Jaz2, then... You can afford the 4.7 Gig SyQuest Quest Drive (Rocket).>> Let's see, to be conservative there are at least one million Jaz drives out there, no? When was the time the one million announcement made. Boeing uses the Jaz drive as standard in their operations and I think Disney does too, according to a post on TMF a while back. Jaz 2 is backwards compatible to Jaz. In case your slow, If I have a Jaz 2, I will not be forced to buy Jaz 2 cartridges only. Not to mention, that all those Jaz drives out are not rendered obselete. Furthermore, one can still share data with a person who has a Jaz drive, regardless of the make. Now, I ask you cRocky, what is the cRocket drive compatible with? Is it the SparQ? Is it the Syjet? Is it the Ez flyer? What installed base does it have going for it? As to your claim than one can afford a burger, fries and coke when buying Nomai's disks, you forgot one thing. They will certaily need a new drive in about a month or two. So really, the cost of the Nomai diskettes is the price they are charging you for them + the cost of a new Zip drive, no? Zead