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

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (46232)	1/29/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: Michael Coley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

RE: Facts about Superdisk that most bulls don't know. KP, I also didn't realize that they had sold 1.4M drives. At last count (many, many months ago) they were at 300,000 to 600,000. I believe 1.4M is more than any of SyQuest's individual drives. (I think SyQuest is at about 4M total drives in the history of their company.) Still far behind Iomega and losing ground rapidly, though. I hope the hype continues. The first 12 million were great! Every day, I feel more and more that Iomega chose the right time to start their massive Ad Blitz. It's like a relay race. "Word of Mouth" has finished the first leg of the race and is now passing the baton to "Advertising Blitz". - Michael Coley - wwol.com

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (46232)	1/29/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: Doug Woessner	Respond to of 58324

<<Compaq, Gateway 2000, and Acer America offer superdisk as the standard floppy on some machines>> I just checked the web sites for Gateway, Compaq and Acer. None of them offer the LS-120 superdisk as a standard feature or an option on their computers that I could find. They did however all offer the Zip drive either as a standard feature or an option. The LS-120 is dead, has been dead for a while and always will be dead.

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (46232)	1/29/1998 6:28:00 PM
From: Doug Woessner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

<<Compaq, Gateway 2000, and Acer America offer superdisk as the standard floppy on some machines>> I just checked the web sites for Gateway, Compaq and Acer. None of them offer the LS-120 superdisk as a standard feature or an option on their computers that I could find. They did however, all offer the Zip drive either as a standard feature or an option. The LS-120 is dead, has been dead for a while and always will be dead.

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (46232)	1/29/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>"Compaq, Gateway 2000, and Acer America offer superdisk as the standard floppy on some machines" WHAT??? Didn't any of the bulls know that? I bet very little did. This is what happens when you close your eyes and get caught in the hype.<< Ken - Those same manufacturers also offer Zip as standard or optional on their machines. Guess which machines sell most. According to Compaq, one of the biggest LS-120 backers at one time, their models with Zip continue to sell better than other models in the same lines. - Allen