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Non-Tech : Iomega Thread without Iomega -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Reseller who wrote (1523)	9/12/1998 2:03:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

All of these pipe dream Vapor! fantasies are moot. The Vapor! drive is based on a flimsy design with a flying head micrometers away from disastor and a 3000rpm spinning disc. Reseller, based on your years of knowledge concerning computers, please enlighten this thread as to what happens when a read/write head comes into physical contact with a 3000rpm spinning disc. This is why OEM's are VERY hesitant to install a Vapor! drive in their devices. Since the OEM internal Vapor! is too big for even the new, bigger Type II CompactFlash Standard slot, it cannot simply be swapped in and out of the camera or PDA. Vapor! is 25% too thick and more than 33% too wide for the new Type II CompactFlash Standard. You have to build the OEM internal Vapor! permanently into the device. When Vapor! fails, you will have to send in THE WHOLE CAMERA for repairs. The OEM Internal Vapor! drive also weighs more than 3 times as much as IBM's new TinyDrive. The new IBM TinyDrive IS removable. It slides in and out of a Type II CompactFlash slot. so if it fails, you simply slide it out of its slot and deal with it. You can always use regular dependable FlashCards in the meantime while it is out of commission. IBM's drive is also sealed and encased in hard plastic like regular FlashCards, so no dust can interfere with its operation. Vapor! is not sealed, and dust and dirt WILL be a problem. Count on it. With Iomega's Vapor! drive, when it fails, you have to deal with not only losing your pictures, but also your whole camera for possibly weeks at a time. And just wait until it falls out of warranty.