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

To: investz who wrote (8365)	3/17/1999 10:08:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10072

All - The latest issue of Maximum PC has reviews of the Zip 250 and the Addonics Pocket Superdisk on the same page. Zip 250 is rated 8 (out of 10) and Superdisk gets a 5. maximumpc.com To find the reviews, select "Reviews" from the menu column on the left, and do a search. You can use just the product names Zip 250 and Superdisk in the search. The 250 gets a knock for slow writing to the older 100MB media, which is noted as a natural consequence of the fact that its heads are smaller. The review basically says that the performance hit is a drag, but that the larger capacity makes that a moot point. The Addonics Superdisk drive doesn't fare so well. It's a miniature version of the external Superdisk drive. (I believe they also make a mini-Zip.) Highlights of this review include the following comments: "Unfortunately, shrinking the size of the SuperDisk Addonics has also shrunk the drive's transfer rates. This wouldn't be awful if the SuperDisk's transfer rates weren't already abysmally slow." And: "The drive head is bogged down by its dual function, and the media is limited to the 3.5-inch floppy formfactor. The SuperDisk is so horribly encumbered by floppy compatibility that it requires hard drive spooling software, which speeds up write speeds by storing data on the hard drive and trickling it out to the drive in the background at a rate the SuperDisk can handle." But I like this part the best: "While the SuperDisk's backward compatibility with the archaic 3.5-inch floppy is handy when it comes to floppy replacements in OEM systems, trading off compatibility at the expense of adequate performance isn't worth it." - Allen