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To: Travis who wrote (13238)5/9/1998 10:17:00 AM
From: Gerald L. Kerr  Respond to of 213177
 
>>We have reports of a USB floppy already in development, with the iMac in mind.<<

More than "in development"...Imation and Panasonic have announced the ship date of USB SuperDisk to coincide with sales of IMac.

For complete news release, see:
Message 4391318

Everyone knows the old 1.44 floppy is obsolete and will die. However, there is no agreed standard device to replace it.

Rather than stuff already obsolete technology into the IMac, Jobs decided to let the USB carry the load and let users and the market decide rather than take a gamble...ZIP? Syquest? SuperDisk?

That's not an oversight...it's smart!

Gerry

p.s. I can't believe the silly level of discussion on this issue.



To: Travis who wrote (13238)5/9/1998 11:00:00 AM
From: X-Ray Man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 213177
 
No. Because adding a simple standard floppy at build, at least as
an option, should only raise cost $50, tops. But as an aftermarket,
it has got to cost $100-$200. And who wants to clutter up their
desk with a floppy box? It has to be internal. Just a typical
"market analysis" mistake. Hopefully, they will figure this out.


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