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

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (49845)	3/13/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: David S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Andy, I don't disagree with you that CD-RW is more reliable storage tech under normal circumstances. Even a scratched CD disk is usable while magnetic media is sensitive to any sort of magnet or static electicity or physical damage due to contaminant particles. But I have been reusing the same Zip disks reliably for over 2 years and I would have to say that indicates reliability on par with a hard drive. That's good enough for me. ..But what happens if you use a CD-RW multiple times and in the process, parts of the disk become useless or data bits are uncertain. At that point if you are using it as a backup or removeable storage, you are going to want to offload the data to another disk and toss it out. That is a different aspect of reliability, reliability for active use. Never mind the fact that what is there remains secure. Do you get my point. Now admittedly, I don't know how similar the DVD media will be relative to CD media. They have to be quite a bit alike since DVD drives can read CD drives. You tell me. Regards, David S. Long on Intel, Iomega and Neomagic