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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (49248)	3/3/1998 9:12:00 PM
From: jwk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>When Sony ships HiFi, Zip sales will start to decline, and OEM's will dry up. Watch.<< Why will other box makers rush to oem a competitor's product?

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (49248)	3/3/1998 9:59:00 PM
From: Linda Pearson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Mr. Reid, read this: infoworld.com <Micron is planning to relegate the 1.44MB floppy drive to option status and offer the 100MB Zip drive instead, bringing the future of removable storage closer to now. The move by Micron to make the Zip the primary drive in its forthcoming Millenia PCs in March may be indicative of a transition that has been a long time coming, moving from floppy disks to more powerful storage options. "It is a leap of faith for Micron, but floppies are completely going out," said Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, in Mountain View, Calif. "Micron is doing what Apple did in the '80s, when they went straight to 3.5-inch floppies from 5.25-inch. It does make sense because you do want higher capacity." > BUT, you said: <I don't think so! Looks like you have to order Zip as an option!> I'm confused. Linda

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (49248)	3/3/1998 10:25:00 PM
From: Linda Pearson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Rocky, looks like they're confused too!!!: zdnet.com <This just in: Every Millenium system comes standard with an Iomega Zip drive as A:> Go to bottom of the list. Micron Electronics even has their phone number listed. Please call and help them...... Linda

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (49248)	3/3/1998 10:53:00 PM
From: Don Reed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

<<Looks like you have to order Zip as an option!>> Rocky Are you stupid or just ignorant? Below is a config from Micron's site. (Not complete) Case ATCX.MINI TOWER.XKU -Standard- Processor INTEL.PENTIUM II.333MHZ.XKU -Standard- RAM 64MB (2-4M DIMMS)SDRAM MEMORY -Standard- Cache 512K INTERNAL L2.SECONDARY CACHE -Standard- Hard Drive 6.4GB.ATA 33.HDD -Standard- Controller PCI 32BIT.MODE 4 EIDI CONTROLLER.ON MBD -Standard- Floppy Drive ZIP W/3.5 FLOPPY.MINI TOWER -Standard- CDRom 32X.IDE.CD-ROM.MINI TOWER.MILLENNIA -Standard- Don

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (49248)	3/4/1998 1:46:00 AM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Rocky, the link you posted certainly makes it look like Zip is optional. But on another page, they make it clear Zip is standard on all Millennia, and the floppy is drive B: - see the link below. micronpc.com Zip Drive On Millennia desktops, we've incorporated the Iomega Zip drive into every configuration. On other systems you may add either a Zip or Iomega Jaz drive. The Zip drive lets you save, use, organize and manage today's multimedia intensive information on removable disks. The Iomega Zip drive uses 100-megabyte Zip disks, which provide 70 times the capacity of traditional floppy disks with up to 20 times faster performance. Each Zip drive ships with Zip Tools software to help organize and manage information. A floppy drive will ship standard as Drive B. Jaz Drive Iomega's Jaz drive is a fast and vast personal storage drive. The 10-12 millisecond seek time means performance faster than most hard drives. And with 1GB cartridges, you'll never run out of space.