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

To: Gottfried who wrote (56188)	6/16/1998 12:44:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

I was using an Apple Powerbook today, and fully realized firsthand what a great advantage it is for a drive to be compatible with both superfloppies and regular floppies. My Powerbook had a bay in which was installed a CD-Rom drive. I was trying to get the PC Card modem working in it, and needed to install the drivers necessary for it to run. I was also installing an application which was delivered on CD-Rom (of course) but had a floppy key disc in order to get it running. Note that a floppy drive is mandatory in order for applications like this. No applications need Zip. Period. All of this vitally important stuff was on regular floppies. (Of course. No idiot would issue software on a $19 Zip disc when it can easily fit on a virtually free floppy) So, I had to look for the floppy drive. I eventually found it, but not after wasting time and needless effort. The fact that LS-120 can handle more than one type of media would be a huge consideration to me if I were seriously in the market for a Powerbook of my own. It means not having to constantly swap out and keep track of drive after drive. Sony's HiFi will be compatible with regular floppies. And it will have 200MB of its own Zip-crushing performance to go along with it. And, HiFi will have the Sony nameplate on it-- An instantly recognizable symbol of quality to millions all over the world.