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To: Zencone who wrote (2812)	12/25/1998 7:39:00 PM
From: Don Devlin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8393

Merrier Xmas Rewrite Storage History December 24, 1998 Sm@rt Reseller via NewsEdge Corporation : LaCie DVD-RAM Drive By Andrew Hyatt Memo to Iomega: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Zip, Jaz and all other drives eying the removable storage throne have a new technology to contend with: DVD-RAM. We recently hooked up LaCie's DVD-RAM drive to an Apple PowerMac 7300/180, and were running within five minutes. Once installed, the drive--which uses Panasonic Industrial Corp.'s new LF-D101U drive mechanism--acted just like a 2.6GB hard disk. That's right: It was able to read, write, delete and rewrite to DVD media. And while the drive itself is on the pricey side, data-storage costs on the media are ridiculously low, coming in at under a penny per megabyte. If a 2.6GB disc isn't enough capacity (at $24.95), then use the double-sided 5.2GB disc, which goes for $39.95. Both disc types work in the same drive. Running on a Wintel box? The front-loading drive ships with everything necessary to accommodate a Windows 9x installation, including device drivers and Software Architects' installable Universal Disc Format file system. Windows NT drivers, however, won't be around until sometime next quarter, says LaCie. But you don't have to wait until then. You can add a backup package that supports this new media, such as Seagate Software's Backup Exec Desktop 98 (www.seagatesoftware.com) or Dantz Development Corp.'s Retrospect (www.dantz.com) for turnkey storage management. We certainly like the media's generous capacity and its expected shelf life of at least 30 years. What's more, we like the DVD-RAM drive's ability to read nearly any optical media format: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD video, CD-DA (audio), VideoCD, AudioCD, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, PD cartridge and DVD-RAM formats also will endear it to your customers--and to you, too. DVD-RAM Model d2 LaCie www.lacie.com MSRP: $799 <<Sm@rt Reseller -- 12-21-98>> [Copyright 1998, Ziff Wire]