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

To: Zakrosian who wrote (54784)	5/15/1998 10:29:00 PM
From: s. bateh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Saw that, but all that means is that once the zip gets down a little more (by 3rd qt) it probably will be included...stands a hell of a better chance than the sony vapor drive...good night

To: Zakrosian who wrote (54784)	5/16/1998 1:46:00 AM
From: Jeff Hayden	Respond to of 58324

Check out Henry Norr's writeup of Apple's technical plan at: zdnet.com It's a very interesting burst of new technologies that Apple wants to take advantage of for the future. Probably more there than they'll actually incorporate. Of note for the storage sector is: The "modern I/O" architecture of the newly announced iMac will soon spread to other models, according to the road map: 100Base T Ethernet and IrDA (Infrared Data Association) will become standard, while Mac serial ports and the ADB will be replaced by Universal Serial Bus ports. Current SCSI technology will give way to FireWire and Ultra2 SCSI. For mass storage, floppy drives will disappear, although some models will use higher-capacity, removable-media drives. DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM will replace CD-ROM, while hard disks will be connected via Ultra2 SCSI and Ultra ATA (AT attachment). Jeff

To: Zakrosian who wrote (54784)	5/16/1998 2:16:00 AM
From: Philip J. Davis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Steven Jobs' response in Business Week to the criticism that the iMac does not include a floppy? >>People aren't thinking clearly," he shoots back. "Nobody's going to back up a 4-gigabyte drive onto 1-megabyte floppies. They'll use a Zip drive - but they're too expensive to build into a consumer product.<< What idiot would back up a 4 gig drive even to Zip disks? This is stupid. You don't need to back up the whole hard drive. All you need to back up are critical files. These can easily fit on two or more Zip disks. Software can be reinstalled from CD-ROM. Is it expensive to build a SCSI port into an iMac? You would think that for $1299, it wouldn't be too much to ask. And in any case, how will you back up the hard drive on an iMac? To the server? On to LS-120 disks? iMac is a consumer product. Yea, right. Who isn't thinking clearly? Philip

To: Zakrosian who wrote (54784)	5/16/1998 2:05:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Zakrosian, I like your Steve Jobs quotes. If I understand Jobs correctly, he just said that the 3 1/2" floppy is dead. That can only be good news for IOM. He also shows his excellent market focus. He knows that the iMac would die unless it makes a great market price point (which it does) but that it needs the port for a high capacity floppy drive (which it has). I have been an admirer of Steve Jobs. He has been the most visionary of all the computer entrepenures around. If it wasn't for him, the PC industry would still be based around IBM XT boxes running Microsoft version 7.9 with monochrome monitors. Long on IOM, -John