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To: Cogito who wrote (8226)	3/13/1999 4:25:00 PM
From: Linda Pearson	Respond to of 10072

Iomega Cuts Zip Drives To $99 techweb.com <This is not related to the company's acquisition of assets of SyQuest Technology earlier this year and is *not a pre-emptive strike against potential competition.*, Iomega said.>

To: Cogito who wrote (8226)	3/14/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: David Colvin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10072

A review from CNET of Iomega's new Clik! plus drive. Not very complimentary, saying it is essentially an expensive gadget. Of course, this is their opinion and others may disagree. computers.com Dave p.s. I am for posting both the positives and negatives about Iomega and their products.

To: Cogito who wrote (8226)	3/14/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 10072

IBM MicroDrive Specs Failure I am now convinced that magnetic disk-drive technolgy in general is not suitable for portable devices. In the latest issue of Maximum PC, they preview the IBM Microdrive and generally admire it for what it is-- an amazingly tiny mechancial device. But one aspect of the article stood out: the speed of the drive is terrible. The Seek time of 15ms is acceptable (blows Iomega Flop! away), but the 262k/sec--401k/sec write transfer is horribly slow. Comare this to CompactFlash which is rated at 1.4MB/sec read, 600k/sec write; and new High-Speed CompactFlash, which is 2.8MB/sec read, 1.4MB/sec write. Clearly if a company such as IBM is not able to execute this product up to acceptable performance levels, then nobody can. I am now convinced more than ever that mechanical magnetic storage like IBM MicorDrive and Iomega Flop! is just plain wrong for this market segment. Besides, with 48MB of ComactFlash falling fast (now just $129 for 48MB card), and Sandisk predicting $1.50/MB by the end of this year, the cost argument is becoming more and more moot. The ruggedness, universal compatibility, speed, and tiny form factor make solid-state CompactFlash the clear and logical choice for portable devices. Anything else is a lesser alternative.