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

To: Fred J. Ledo who wrote (57110)	7/10/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>You keep contradicting yourself. IF 100mb is more than enough for the average home user, and professional, Why then would a 200mb Sony product be better???<< I am contradicting nothing. I have said all along that Zip's lack of floppy compatibility will be its undoing. And it turns out that is rapidly becoming the case. A 200MB solution does not in itself solve the problem of the average consumer not needing many discs. But a solution that will not break the bank will be very satisfactory. Sony has stated that a 200MB HiFi disc will sell for $10. This competes with a 100MB Zip disc that presently sells for $19.95. What a ripoff. >>How much money are they making on CD-R disks if they are practically giving them away, as you claim??? << Well, some people do not take advantage of the rebates. However, as we all know, a rebate strategy involves using the incoming cash to fuel production, operations, and R&D. The rebates can then be written off as they are paid back out. The time value of the money realized through a rebate promotion becomes an intergral part of a department's operations. Since CD-R's cannot be used over again, it is necessary to buy more and more. I spend 0.49› apiece after rebate for TDK CD-R's. Many other people spend $2 or so for one CD-R disc because they don't shop around. I have burned literally 100 of these discs in the past 2 months. Multiply me by thousands of other CD-R users, and this adds up over time. As to the razor blade analogy, CD-R is the true representation because once the CD-R disc is burned and finalized or multisessioned full, it cannot be used again, just like a razor blade. Zip discs you can use over and over and over. And when they wear out, send it back to Iomega to get it replaced for free. Then use it over and over and over and over... like a VCR tape. I have VCR tapes that are 10 years old that still get used.