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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (3793)	11/10/1998 4:48:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 10072

All - Funny thing about the "average computer" today. We see a lot of "pundits" opining about how removable storage is less necessary today because the "average computer" ships with an 8 gig drive or bigger. What this observation ignores is that the average computer user is not using a computer that shipped today. Most people keep their computers for at least a few years before upgrading. So what the "average computer" has is a hard drive considerably smaller than what the average computer ships with today. People upgrade software much more often than they upgrade whole computers. Which means that today's bloated software is seriously depleting the storage space of yesterday's computers on today's desktops. Gee, could that be one reason why Iomega is able to sell so many Zip drives at retail? (And they do sell those retail drives at a profit, you know.) - Allen

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (3793)	11/10/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Cameron Dorey	Respond to of 10072

"This is PLENTY of room to store downloads off the Net. Backup? Archive? Most people don't do it (regardless of whether they should)." Whoa, now, you're talking about a service that is PAID to store people's data. If these companies did not backup their data and lost it, they're out the door, and the proprietor had better be on his way to Brazil. At least look at the post you're responding to, maybe even the post it's responding to, then make your silly statements. Cameron "In the fight between you and the world, back the world."