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

To: Linda Pearson who wrote (46666)	2/2/1998 10:31:00 PM
From: Herb Fuller	Respond to of 58324

Linda , Mr Peter Coffee likes his Zip drive as much as I do mine . zdnet.com Snip: Zip drives come close to being the ultimate backup device, and I rejoice in the likelihood that I'll never buy another new desktop system without one. In the meantime, though, I'm already hooked on the convenience of plugging that rugged little box into any parallel port, and popping those 100MB platters in and out until I finally feel safe. The Zip drive's plummeting cost eliminates any remaining excuses for losing critical files. Why do I like the Zip technology? Because backups on tape, let alone on floppy disks, take too long to make and too long to verify. Because tape drives and I do not share happy memories when it comes to reliability. Because years of personal experience, reinforced by discussion with PC Week readers, have convinced me that a useful backup device must have the familiar user interface of a fast, random-access storage device, plus the intrinsic safety of removable media. Snip: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Herb