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To: Reseller who wrote (1525)	9/12/1998 2:35:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

reseller, re > the best selling camera at the present is one that sports a 1.44 floppy drive made by Sony.< The Mavica. I didn't know it was a bestseller, at a price of about $600 for the base model. Interesting. Do you get many returned for failed drives? GM

To: Reseller who wrote (1525)	9/12/1998 3:38:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

>>BTW the best selling camera at the present is one that sports a 1.44 floppy drive made by Sony. << Shame on you, Reseller. You of all people here should know that the floppy drive in the Sony mavica is a device WHERE THE READ/WRITE HEAD IS ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE MEDIA! Therefore, no risk of a head crash is present. Iomega's Vapor!, on the other hand, sports a tiny read/wite head micrometers away from rapidly spinning disastor. >>Certainly would expect a camera with a Clik! type drive to be every bit as durable as VCR cameras with all of their exposed parts<< Really now, Reseller. I thought you of all people should know better. You see, a VCR uses a mechanism where THE READ/WRITE HEAD IS ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE MEDIA! Thefore no risk of a head crash is present. >>In any case we don't know that the OEM's are hesitant to install Clik! into their systems...<<< Umm.. yeah. I guess in Vapor!'s 2 year's time, NO ONE WANTS IT IN THEIR PORTABLE DEVICES! Not ONE OEM has been named in all this time Vapor! has been shopped Around- 2 YEARS! BTW, you never did explain to all of the good people here what happens to a disc drive when a floating read/write head comes into contact with a 3000rpm spinning disc. Is there a reason why you choose not to give your professional opinion on this matter?