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Non-Tech : Iomega Thread without Iomega -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Lamont who wrote (8222)	3/13/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

Whatever you say, and thanks for posting the Orb review. PC will determine the actual realizable speed. Also, the interfaces differ greatly: SCSI-20 Mbytes/sec; USB-1.5 Mbytes/sec; PP-approx. 1 Mbyte/sec Here is key: "Frankly, while the ORB may well be theoretically capable of moving data at its claimed 12.2MB per second, your PC probably can't feed it or read from it that fast. And as far as Castlewood's hype goes, we think three out of four is better than average for this industry. We think the ORB is a bargain: We've already bought one." Biggest point to make is the speed relative to others of same price category. Definitely superior to the Zips in same price category. I wish they had compared it to SparqQ and Avatar. From what I was told by someone who uses both Avatar and Zips on notebooks, Avatar's speed is astounding compared to the Zips (difference of 10 minutes vs. 40 minutes). No wonder price of the zips are reduced to $99. That's pricing pressure and means much reduced profit, if any. Will be same story on the Jaz2. Other key points are Orb's added features: "The ORB's installation was as simple as any other EIDE drive: We popped it into an open 3.5-inch bay, plugged in the EIDE and power cables, and Windows 95 or 98 automatically recognized it when we rebooted. We found the ORB Tools (software tools for the drive) fairly useful, especially the Disk Duplicator and 1-Click Backup. ORB Tools also control disk features, such as Write Protect, Disk Partitioning and Drive Operating Mode, which turns the ORB's Write Verify on and off. That last bit is crucial to the ORB's performance. With Write Verify on, the ORB's recommended operating mode, your data gets an extra level of protection. The drive also runs slower. Setting the optional A/V modes for Authoring or Streaming, which offer limited or minimal data integrity checking, offer the highest recording speeds for the drive. Both A/V modes offer "the same high speed playback." Quoted from zdnet.com