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

To: jon sunray who wrote (42114)	1/3/1998 1:59:00 AM
From: Brendan2012	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

The basic reason the LS-120 is junk and always has been: It's cheaper to get a Zip drive and a 3.5" floppy drive than to get an LS-120. Maybe some temporary specials sell the LS-120 for less, but I think that's mostly because of all of the excess supply there. LS-120 technology just costs more. Iomega used to use this technology in the floptical, but they sold it. Also, the LS-120 is really slow. Brendan

To: jon sunray who wrote (42114)	1/3/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: Brent D. Beal	Respond to of 58324

Imagine you have a bundle of old floppies around and you'd like to copy them onto some Zip disks. Do you want to: 1) copy everything to your hard drive and then copy it to Zip disks, or 2) copy directly from the old floppies to the Zip? When a built-in Zip adds less than $100 to the cost of the machine, I'll take #2 any day, particularly given the increased speed and performance of the Zip. Then there's the issues of compatibility with the emerging standard, but that's another story. . .