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

To: David Colvin who wrote (49139)	3/2/1998 1:27:00 PM
From: David Colvin	Respond to of 58324

Another SparQ experience from the Prodigy Computer board. Not trying to pass judgement either way...simply passing on information I read. I feel those that try to instill the notion that Iomega products are unreliable should know that the situation cuts both ways. One of the drives was defective from the post below, so should we conclude that 20% of SparQ drives are DOA? Who knows? If the defect rate is within or below industry standards, who cares? Any reputable company will consistently try to reduce their defect rate to maintain their reputation and to reduce the costs associated with dealing with the deficient products. Remember the Maytag commercials? They sure worked on me. Maytag is the brand I purchased because of my perception of their products. I may have paid more but I wanted the best. Whether true or not, I sure had it in my head that they, hands down, made the most reliable washing machines from seeing their commercials over and over. I also have the perception that HP makes the most reliable printers and could go on and on. As a consumer, I believe that perception (whether through advertising, word of mouth or whatever)is a powerful thing. Personally, I have never had any problems with my PP zip drive (a very early one, by the way), my jaz drive or any of the disks...twelve zip disks and seven jaz disks. Unquestionably my next PC WILL have a zip drive built-in. However, I've had two hard drive crashes. Does this mean that I should boycott the manufacturers or try to trash their reputations in on-line forums? I think not. I don't know of anything that can be manufactured without occasional defects, no matter how stringent a QC process is applied. Board: COMPUTER BB Topic: HARDWARE:PERIPHERALS Subject: SPARQ DRIVE? To: AARON EPSTEIN (CHKK22A) From: BOB NATHANSON (TBHP73A) Time: 03/02 8:33 AM Aaron, I have purchased and installed five SPARQ drives for clients in the last two months - four parallel port models and most recently an internal EIDE. The internal drive works great so far, and can be set to be your C: drive if you wish, so you can have multiple bootable hard drives! Among the four earlier parallel port models, two worked fine out of the box (and have even been installed on networks), one had a defective startup cartridge (software that comes with the drive), and one drive was itself defective and had to be returned. I don't know if this sample is statistically significant.... Bob from Long Island PRODIGY(R) interactive personal service - Date: 03/02 Time: 12:37 PM