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

To: John Erb who wrote (56016)	6/12/1998 8:47:00 AM
From: fut_trade	Respond to of 58324

>I don't think the LS120 or HiFD is going to succeed... Perhaps, but they are sure pushing the Superdisk (LS120) hard in businesses and universities in Asia. FWIW.

To: John Erb who wrote (56016)	6/12/1998 9:35:00 AM
From: Gregg Powers	Respond to of 58324

Backward compatibility is more than just a perk for business users with lots of legacy files, multiple locations and many PCs. I run a small company with thirty employees. Everybody has a PC, some have PCs at home, and most of the executives also have laptops. There is a constant requirement to synchronize information between all these computers, so a high capacity drive, be it a Zip or a Superdisk, is pretty much of a necessity. I chose to standardize around the Superdisk over the Zip simply because I didn't have to buy as many drives or worry about incompatibility will legacy information on stored on 3.5" floppies. Non-executive personnel can also use the network for backup and exchange files locally with a traditional 3.5" floppy. Our baseline Gateway GP6-266 came preinstalled with a single Superdisk, which was cleaner installation and cheaper than a standard floppy plus a Zip. I am not holding this out as the only solution, but I would point out that ours is a real-world deployment, based on a real-world evaluation of our alternatives. Hope this is useful, GJP