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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (51203)	3/25/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: vegetarian	Respond to of 58324

>>ALRIGHT!! Just got my new CD-R Sample set for my E-Mu Sampler! I looked in my mail, and what did I see? A cd-r I ordered a week ago from an individual who makes sample sets for E-Mu Samplers. This is a lesson in why Iomega is left out in the cold. These sample sets are distributed on Cd. Why? Cost/MB. This particular Cd-R is filled with about 500MB worth of files, and I paid $42 (includes $3 shipping). It is a Sony Gold CD-R, which costs about $3 retail. The same amount of info on Zip disc would have been about $50. So, my Samples would have been $92 minimum instead of just $39. Data distribution kicks with Cd-R. Distribution is non-existent with Zip, Jaz, or any other Iomega product. This is one more reason why Zip will never be a standard.<< CD-R prices are falling very rapidly and they are indeed an attractive alternative to do a lot of stuff for which ZIP was projected as an alternative. Also we have now CD-RW emerging with low prices. I have used CD-R disks recently and it seems like a very good medium to carry around 650M of data at a low price in a convenient manner. I don't have a position in IOM but they need to watch the trend and make fundamental business and price changes over their current model if they indeed want to survive.