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

To: FuzzFace who wrote (56213)	6/16/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: Joseph E. Walsh	Respond to of 58324

> Went to CompUsa yesterday for the first time since numbers were > announced in April. At that time, I saw the ATAPI Zip for the first > time in a retail box. Yesterday I could not find an $99 ATAPI Zip > in the store. But there were plenty of $129 PP and SCSI and $179 > ZipPlus's as well as loads of $200 Sparkies. It is obvious they > have no problem selling Zip below $100, but people don't think > anything above that is a bargain. And, really, that makes sense. I mean, a nice, name brand 15" monitor is only around $250 these days. A monitor is certainly more important than a removable storage solution. So maybe people are thinking in those terms. Another way to look at it is that at 9% of the price I paid for my computer (sans monitor), the ATAPI Zip is a minor add-on. Oh, and, for the record, the Computer City in Deerfield, IL where I purchased the system had a full display of ATAPI Zips, as did the Best Buy in Vernon Hills. -Joe