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

To: Zakrosian who wrote (41274)	12/22/1997 5:08:00 PM
From: Michael Coley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

RE: Why Buy Jaz When SparQ is Cheaper? >> When I look at the price of the media, the SparQ leaps out as the obvious choice. If Iomega maintains their premium pricing, do they run the risk of losing out on a potentially lucrative product niche? << With SparQ or SyJet, you get a five year warranty on the disks. With Jaz or Zip, you get a lifetime warranty. Which would you rather store your important stuff on? - Michael Coley - i1.net

To: Zakrosian who wrote (41274)	12/22/1997 5:47:00 PM
From: Pacing The Cage	Respond to of 58324

This might help to answer your question re: SparQ. A re-post from the Motley Fool (I don't think they will mind) Subject: Why I won't buy SPARQ--EVER!!! Date: Sun, Dec 21, 1997 11:27 EST From: Fourth W Happy Holidays everyone, as you know I write mostly about music applications with ZIP and JAZ. I have recorded 3 albums on Higher Octave Music with sales over quarter of a million CDs and used Syquest carts for the first album, JAZZ thereafter. If most people in the audio/video industry are like me (i.e., don't want to lose their work frequently) they will chose JAZ over SPARQ anyday. If you gave me a SPARQ for free, I WOULD NOT use it for music recording. The reason, I went back a few weeks ago to use some stuff form my SYquest cart, guess what ......LOST ALL MY DATA! That is what we all remember when the word SYQUEST is mentioned. Everyone, and I mean everyone you talk to in the industry just don't trust the brand name, too many mishaps. IOMEGA is = reliability in the audio/video industry. When I am spending about $100,000 (quite a low budget for an album) to record an album, I don't want to nickel and dime it by buying something (SPARQ) that may be cheaper, but may also end up in my losing data. Also, like ZIP in mass market, the JAZ is now standard in the audio/video industry so if I want to record something in DC and take it out to LA to have someone else play a sax or guitar or something THEY want it on a JAZ. You can read more at: fool.com -Ken