Hope, here is some more encouraging info on Zip as preferred choice by consumers... Mel
( BW)(UT-IOMEGA)(IOM) Iomega's 100MB Zip Built-In Drive is the Preferred Choice of Consumers
Business Editors/Computer Writers
ROY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999--
Major PC Manufacturers and Retailers Agree: When Consumers
Have A Choice - They Choose Zip(R) Built-In(TM) Drives
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) today announced that its
award-winning Zip(R) Built-In(TM) drive is the preferred SuperFloppy
solution for consumers. The Zip(R) 100MB drive is currently offered in
many home PC lines to meet the increasing need for removable storage
and to easily protect important information.
"The HP Pavilion 6370Z with the built-in Zip drive was developed
to meet customer needs for critical file backup, digital image
storage, Internet downloads and large file portability," said Amanda
Yetso, Americas brand manager for Hewlett-Packard's Home Products
Division. "With the Zip drive's huge installed base and demand in the
market, this model has been extremely popular."
The Zip(R) 100MB drive continues to gain acceptance as a standard
or optional feature in consumer computer lines offered by leading PC
manufacturers. Recently, Iomega shipped the one millionth Zip(R)
Built-In(TM) drive to both Dell and Apple Computer.
-- Apple includes a Zip drive on configurations of its
just-introduced and reinvented Power Macintosh G3 line and
added the external Zip(R) USB drive as a purchase option on
its on-line Apple Store (www.apple.com). The Zip USB drive
works with both iMac and Power Macintosh G3, which both
integrate USB as a standard.
-- Compaq offers Iomega's Zip drive standard in several models
and as an optional feature in its Presario line of PCs.
Compaq offers the Zip drive as a choice at over 6,000
Built-for-You kiosks where customers are given the
opportunity to configure their own Compaq computer system.
The majority of customers ordering their systems via the
retail kiosk and web, choose to add Zip drives.
-- Dell offers the Zip drive as an optional feature across its
Dimension desktop line and the Zip drive is standard in many
models including the XPS R450, winner of PC Computing's MVP
award for state-of-the-art desktop PC.
-- Gateway Inc. offers the Zip drive as an optional feature
across its G series consumer line.
-- Hewlett-Packard Company made the Zip drive a standard
feature on various models in its Pavilion series including
the HP Pavilion 6370Z and 6470Z PC and new HP Pavilion 8480Z
PC. Zip(R) drives are available on all Pavilion models as a
configure-to-order option at 500 Circuit City retail
locations nationwide.
-- Micron offers Zip drives as an optional feature on both the
Millennia and Millennia MAX product lines.
"Zip drives are among our best selling peripherals," said Jeff
Gentile, senior vice president of merchandising, Micro Warehouse. "Our
customers increasingly are using scanners and digital cameras for
imaging, and in addition, storage needs continue to grow
dramatically."
Solutions for Consumers
Iomega's Zip(R) 100MB drives and media offer consumers the
capacity, reliability, and performance they require and they're so
easy to use. With more than 21 million Zip drives and 125 million Zip
disks shipped, Zip drives are the SuperFloppy preferred by
millions(TM).
Home Applications
Many family members typically use one home PC. Zip(R) disks give
everyone in the family all the room they need, and let mom and dad
protect critical information like tax files. Consumers have found
creative ways to use scanners and digital cameras. Zip disks make it
easy to organize and save all your images and even create digital
photo albums.
Internet Applications
The Internet gives everyone access to a vast array of
information, images, even audio and video. Zip(R) disks are the
perfect place to save Internet downloads. You can even save time by
downloading in off-hours and browsing at your convenience.
Work Applications
Zip(R) drives are becoming more popular at the office, making it
easy to carry files between work and home - your own digital
briefcase. Leading service bureaus (business centers and print shops)
like Kinko's, Mailboxes, Etc., Sir Speedy, PIP and AlphaGraphics offer
the use of Zip drives, providing their customers access to their
important files virtually anytime, anywhere.
Iomega's Norton(TM) Zip(R) Rescue (NZR(TM)) provides PC users a
quick and easy solution to common system problems, saving time, money
and most importantly, critical data. NZR utility software is the
industry's first and only Windows 95 and 98-based system recovery
solution, empowering small business users to recover their operating
systems quickly and easily while preserving their computer's unique
system settings and configurations. This software solution is
available as a free download at the Company's website
iomega.com.
Iomega's Zip(R) drives and genuine 100MB and 250MB Zip disks
offer an easy to use solution for consumers to move, protect, use,
share and backup information on their computers. Fast enough to run
business and multimedia applications, the Zip drive brings a new level
of performance to today's powerful personal computers. The Zip 250
drives also read and write to Zip 100MB disks, ensuring that current
customers who use the new Zip 250 drive still have the ability to
share information with family, friends and colleagues. Iomega Zip
drives and disks are available worldwide through retailers, OEMs,
VARs, system integrators and distributors.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets the
award-winning Zip(R), Jaz(R), Clik!(TM) and Ditto(R) drives and disks
that help people to organize, manage, create, exchange and share their
important information. Used in homes, businesses, government,
education, and by creative professionals everywhere, Iomega storage
solutions are the enabling technologies preferred by millions. The
Company can be reached at 1-800-MY-STUFF (800-697-8833), or on the Web
at iomega.com.
Iomega, Zip, Jaz, Ditto and the stylized "i" logo are registered
trademarks, and Zip Built-In and NZR are trademarks of Iomega
Corporation. All other products and brand names are the property of
their respective owners. For maximum reliability, use only genuine Zip
disks featuring the genuine Zip 100 or Zip 250 symbols in your Zip
drive.
CONTACT: Iomega Corp., Roy
Janet Kacskos, 801/332-4736
kacskos@iomega.com
Tyler Thatcher, 801/332-4362 (Investors and Analysts)
thatcher@iomega.com
or
Copithorne & Bellows
Tina Wilmott, 415/975-2242
tina.wilmott@cbpr.com |
