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

To: Gottfried who wrote (54264)	5/7/1998 5:24:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

GM, in fairness to the "most frequent" poster (and yes, it's extremely difficult to be fair given antics like phony headlines), the iMac appears to be a credible effort toward the NC concept. When I was consulting for Bay (a previous gig) for example, all work was pushed up to a central server area. Any software download requirements also came from central servers. In addition to the software and work areas, each person had their own corporate server space. Thus, in this type of environment, removable media was completely unnecessary. No Zips or Jaz to be found anywhere, and floppies were generally used as coasters for the coffee mugs&#151at least in Building SC04-3 of the campus. This is only one scenario&#151it worked for us&#151expect to see more like that in the future. In other settings, removable media may be necessary, but it wasn't here. The iMac/NC concept does have a place&#151it's cheaper and more powerful (and of course easier to use because it's a Mac) than the best PC on the market right now. -MrB