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

To: Cogito who wrote (46189)	1/29/1998 11:45:00 AM
From: Michael Coley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

RE: DVD - A Zip Killer? Here's an interesting system that Gateway 2000 is selling in Australia. It has a DVD-ROM AND a Zip. Also, notice which device is listed first. ;) - Michael Australia - Gateway Out Of Gate At 333MHz January 28, 1998 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Newsbytes via Individual Inc. : Direct selling PC vendor Gateway 2000 [NASDAQ:GATE]claims it will be first on the block in Australia with a desktop PC powered by Intel's latest 333MHz Pentium II chip. Available from today, the G6-333XL includes 4-meg AGP graphics accelerator, 8.4- gig IDE hard drive, 64 megs of SDRAM, internal Zip drive, Boston Acoustics speakers and a DVD-ROM drive, all for A$6199. [US$4200] - Michael Coley - wwol.com

To: Cogito who wrote (46189)	1/29/1998 12:08:00 PM
From: AreWeThereYet	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

>> PC Card hard disks. << Is PC Card HDD means a normal hard-disk with PC Card interface? How much is the Nikon PC Cards cost? (Sorry, if it had been mentioned already since this thread is too big). About reliabity of Clik vs PC-Card. I haven't see the actual product yet but I will say the trend will flavor to PC/Flash Card because it has better "overall" reliability and is more compact. Clik may be a low-cost temporary solution. Honestly, I liked Clik when it was first appear in IOM's press release but more I thought about it, the less I liked it. It will be better for IOM to develop a "very low cost" Zip compatible media which can be bought for $2/disk or less. Size is not important as long as it is greater than 5MB. This will serve the purpose of real floppy replacement and put Zip in a better position against the HiFD (or any similar product) to become the next floppy standard. aC