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

To: stock bull who wrote (48837)	2/25/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>So, I guess IBM in the U.S. market includes the Zip with the Aptiva PC. Is this an option one must order, or is the Zip standard to the Aptiva?<< SB - Aptiva is the name of a whole line of computers designed mostly for the home market. Some models in the Aptiva line come with built-in Zips, and some don't. - Allen

To: stock bull who wrote (48837)	2/25/1998 3:27:00 PM
From: gambler2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

whatever was announced today doesn't seem to be affecting the stock. Go figure, yesterday market down 40 IOM up, today the reverse..

To: stock bull who wrote (48837)	2/25/1998 3:33:00 PM
From: David Colvin	Respond to of 58324

Stock bull, "Is this an option one must order, or is the Zip standard to the Aptiva?" As a side note, IBM announced their intention to include zip drives in their U.S. Aptivas way back in, I believe, June of 1996. The stock then proceeded to climb about 9 dollars before eventually descending to a close of just over $13 in August. Apparently, some Aptiva models have zip included and some do not. For example, I have seen Aptivas at Radio Shack without zip included. The Radio Shack people didn't even know what a zip drive was. I don't know what the current Aptiva situation is in the U.S. The real coupe, in my mind, was when Compac distanced themselves from the LS-120 and started offering the zip drive standard in one of their models (model 4814 as I recall). As you know, Compac sells a lot of computers and I have been told by more that one salesperson that that zip-equipped model was their hottest seller in the Compac line in terms of unit sales. Who knows, I don't necessarily believe everything I'm told. David