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To: BillHoo who wrote (16121)	8/2/1998 7:29:00 AM
From: IanBruce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

<<I can not figure out why AAPL did not include a Floppy Disc Drive in their iMac.-->> Many people have forgotten that it was Apple who introduced the 3.5" floppy. Sony had a new format which was technically superior to the 5.25" "floppy" floppies in every way -- but nobody wanted to touch it. Except of course, Steve Jobs. Naturally, the rest of the computer world followed suit (after years of dual-drive machines). Well, nobody's gonna be backing up a 4Gig hard drive on 3,000 floppies -- that job's been replaced by Zip's, Jaz, and CR-R drives. Nobody's gonna be distributing software on them either -- CD's are much cheaper to create and distribute. Transfering files? Networks and email attachments are faster and safer. The "blinking floppy question mark"? I'll miss it -- but to be honest, I'm never really delighted to see it. So once again, Steve is forced to take the initiative. Or, in the immortal words of Mr. Bill Cosby: "I brought you into this world... and I can take you out of it too." Ian Bruce New York, NY