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

To: Linda Pearson who wrote (44113)	1/20/1998 10:43:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 58324

Don't worry about posting that article concerning the bad review of Dud2. This will give Iomega the chance to lower the price to what it's really worth-- about $299 for the external model. Of course Iomega's profit margins would suffer, but hey, that's the price you pay to try and keep ahead of the Jones's -er Quests.

To: Linda Pearson who wrote (44113)	1/20/1998 10:46:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

>>Teddy, I felt I had to post the article....because it was there.<< Linda - Hey, it was the right thing to do. Contrary to some people's beliefs, we want to hear good news as well as bad here. At least I do. Who says Iomega bulls can't take a punch? - Allen

To: Linda Pearson who wrote (44113)	1/20/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Naggrachi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Thanks for providing the link to the article Linda, it was appreciated. I think pulling back the Jaz2 was a GREAT idea on IOM's part. It would have been nice to see the new drive generate revenue in the 4th Q, however, a black eye if quality issue rose rapidly as a result of rushing the product. Besides, the Q was strong enough as it is, so it didn't hurt that much, if at all. I definately think that along with quality improvments, IOM will lower the price on the drive. And based on the hiring ads that IOM is advertising, a new MR drive to compete with the Quest drive is in the works. Just a gut feeling. Bet you were happy with WLA today. That is assuming that you never sold your postion. I never checked why it went up so much, I saw the quote on the ticker on CNBC. Zead

To: Linda Pearson who wrote (44113)	1/21/1998 12:56:00 AM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Feb 98 Computer Shopper Removable Drives Survey/Shopper's guide. The new CS came in the mail today. It contains a fairly good sized article surveying removable storage. They had some good and not so good things to say about IOM. It is too large to copy in its entirety as I am not a touch typist. A few items: P.380 Iomega's Zip drive deserves much of the credit for pushing removable storage into the mainstream, thanks to a simple formula: Provide reasonably high capacity at a reasonably low price. For the original Zip, that meant 100MB per diskand about $200 - now fallen to $140 or less - for the drive. For the many drives that have followed Iomega's example, capacities have ballooned while prices have plummeted. A prime example: Syquest's new SparQ drive which sells for about $200, packs a full 1GB onto disks that cost roughly $33 apiece. There's a side box on "The DVD-RAM Implosion" which talks about the four competing rewritable DVD formats: DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, MMVF, And ASMO - which ones support what, how much capacity, who's behind each, etc. P.386 Whopping Floppies: 100MB to 200MB All of today's removable disk drives from 100MB to 200 MB are vying to become the standard replacement for the 1.44 MB floppy drive. Iomega's 100MB Zip enjoys a huge head start here, with an installed base in the millions (Iomega claims to have shipped some 9 million Zip drives) and a status as standard or optional equipment in scores of PCs from vendors such as Dell, Gateway 2000 and Micron. They really cover a lot, including the Swan, EZFlyer-230, MO, PD, CD-R, CD-RW, and even removable hard drives via docking bay. IMO, it is required reading for an IOM investor. You can see how stiff the competition is. At the end of the article is a buyer's guide, including specs. I would like to point out something here. The only speed spec given is something called "Average Sustained Transfer Rate", and here they are for those of you who care about such things (and you know who you are.) Imation Superdisk PP ------------- 280K/sec (Read) Iomega ZipPlus PP ---------------- 790K/sec (Read & Write) SmartShuttle Zip100I EIDE ------ 1.4MB/sec (Read & Write) Who are these guys !!!! Sony HiFud ------------------------ That's odd, no specs Swan UHC-130 ------------------- 3MB/sec (Read & Write) Iomega Jaz (Int & Ext) -------------- 5.51MB/sec (Read & Write) Iomega Jaz2 (Int & Ext) ------------- 7.35MB/sec (Read & Write) Syquest SparQ PP ------------------- 1MB/sec (Read & Write) Syquest SparQ EIDE ---------------- 5.63MB/sec (Read & Write) Syquest SyJet (PP) ----------------- 1MB/sec (Read & Write) Syquest SyJet (SCSI &EIDE) ------ 5.6MB/sec (Read & Write) Syquest Quest 4.7GB (U/W SCSI) - 7.6 MB/sec (Read & Write) Looks like Syquest didn't squeeze as much speed out Quest's much vaunted MR cum PRML technology as some bears want to believe: 7.6MB/sec vs. Jaz2's 7.35MB/sec. *********************************************************************