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

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (51665)	3/31/1998 9:31:00 PM
From: Herb Fuller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Brenden , Re:>>>Is there still hope for a Zip standard? <<< Brenden , the Zip drive is the drive of choice at this time .The Zip is the lead dog in it's field and this will not change overnight . They say , when you follow the lead dog the scenery never changes . Go Zip go , Herb

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (51665)	3/31/1998 9:32:00 PM
From: Ben Antanaitis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Brendan, Let me point you to the latest issue of PC Magazine(4/21/98) where they do a review of 22 Removable storage devices: zdnet.com And one of the PC Magazine Editor's choices for Removable Storage devices goes to: zdnet.com The 100MB Iomega ZipPlus, from Iomega Corp., isn't the fastest drive, nor the one with the most capacity, nor the most economical ($200 street for the external drive, 13 cents per megabyte for cartridges). But this Editors' Choice delivers the right combination of ease of use and portability to make it ideal for a range of tasks, from shuttling files between home and office to taking data on the road. And with 11 million drives sold and counting, the Zip line of drives is the closest thing to a de facto standard for augmenting your floppy disk drive. So if you need to share files with other PC users (one of the biggest jobs of a removable drive), it's fairly likely they will have a Zip Drive, or have access to one. If you are buying a new PC, you certainly want to opt to have a Zip installed (typically a $99 upgrade). If you are adding a drive to your present PC, ask around; if there are Zip users in your circle, you'll have your answer. Ben A.

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (51665)	4/1/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: David S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Brendan, There sure is a chance this trend will reverse again even if all the future PCs sell for around $1000. <<Is there still hope for a Zip standard? It looked good all last year with computer makers putting Zip into increasing SKUs, but now the trend has reversed.Is there anyone who thinks this trend will reverse again, and if so why? Brendan>> Two possibilities: One, Iomega drops prices to a thinner margin for both drives and disks. My guess they can make the drives cheap enough to profit at $35 - 40 to OEMs, $50 retail, and disks at $2 to 3 wholesale, $4 to 5 retail. At that point, OEMs could substitute Zip for floppy instead of in addition to floppy (but Zip has to be boot drive). Two, they stay fairly high in price, but less than now, and the Zip becomes the favorite add on product for all those $1000 PCs at birthdays, Christmas, etc. That is the way they got started anyway, as an add on, so add inside or add outside. The key again is getting the drive price below $80 and the disks below $6. But my true opinion is the Clik drive will be the true floppy replacement. Will put the kabosh on Zip drives and disks and everything else for the new standard. Small convenient size, interconnects multiple products including all portable devices, and eventually very very cheap. The disks could well be 50 cents in a few years. They would be used for throwaway storage, backup, taking files home, sharing files, coasters, etc. A cheap substitute for current floppies but with more capacity, more reliability, and easy size to carry and store. These should have tie ratios like current floppies, 50 to 1 vs 5 to 1. The perfect product for the cheap Rockheads of the world. Regards, David S.