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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (50565)	3/18/1998 1:40:00 AM
From: Naggrachi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Re: New Zip stuff, SparQ, and Apple siliconinvestor.com Zead

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (50565)	3/18/1998 9:39:00 AM
From: w sun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

At $199/$33 for drive/disk, how many sparq's needed to break even?(ws)

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (50565)	3/18/1998 11:02:00 AM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

RR, >>>As I've said before, it won't matter if Iomega rolls out a 200MB Zip, or a 500MB Zip. There already is a 1 Gigabyte solution at $199 with $33 (and less) media. It's called SparQ.<<< Yes, but is it any good? You can throw Zip disks against the wall (I've done it) and it won't hurt them. Zips have been extremely reliable for me and most others, not withstanding your click problem. I think a higher capacity Zip has a real market. For the future, a Clik! sized drive could really take off with all the newer downsized hardware that's coming out. The biggest marketing problem is in trying to figure out what form the micro-floppy should take - I think this has slowed Iomega's product introduction. On the other hand, Iomega is in the drivers seat to define that micro-floppy form - so they should get Clik! out now, even as a standalone product. Iomega essentially invented the inexpensive, high capacity removable disk market with the Zip, they should do the same with the Clik! Jeff