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To: EPS who wrote (24810)	12/29/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: EPS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

I really like this.. biz.yahoo.com Tuesday December 29, 2:46 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Now Every iMac Has a Floppy, and It's Free MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 29, 1998--NetFloppy LLC - iMacFloppy.com welcomes new floppy-less iMac owners after the holiday season with a free 3 Meg ''Virtual Floppy.'' iMacFloppy.com is a new and unique free web-based service that gives owners of Apple's top-selling iMac computers the functionality of a floppy drive by using the Internet to easily transfer and store files. As Christmas gifts are opened, tens of thousands of new iMac owners will be confronted with the dilemma of a computer without a built-in floppy. iMacFloppy.com was created to fill the void that has shocked many in the computer industry: Steve Job's bold decision to drop the built-in floppy drive from the popular and stylish iMac. iMacFloppy.com offers a 3 Meg ''Virtual Floppy'' for free. Key Features -- Web-based file transfer (MacBinary formatted on-the-fly) -- Simple floppy-like user interface for novice users -- Files accessible from any Internet connected computer -- No plug-ins or extra software required -- ID and Password can be saved locally for quick access. Frank LLosa, president of NetFloppy LLC explained, ''A virtual floppy offers more space, lower cost, less hassle and is everywhere you need it to be.'' Apple's official iMac Update stated: ''A virtual floppy disk can be taken just about anywhere. It can hold up to 3MB of your data for free. Free -- that is -- if you use the 3MB virtual floppy service available at iMacFloppy.com'' The iMac News Page wrote, ''(iMacFloppy.com) makes the belabored controversy surrounding iMac's nonexistent floppy a moot point'' Shortly, iMacFloppy.com will offer premium paid services which may include larger storage sizes, secure SSL connections and group accounts. iMacFloppy.com works with current browsers on both the Mac and PC platform. Because of the demand from PC users that don't like using traditional floppies, NetFloppy LLC expects to expand to offer branded sites targeted to the non-iMac market in the first quarter of 1999. As Ben Wilson at MacCentral.com put it, ''What we saw nearly caused us to toss our remaining floppies out the window.'' iMacFloppy.com is a trademark of NetFloppy LLC. iMac is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL - news).