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

To: 777 Captain who wrote (9863)	5/12/1999 9:22:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 10072

>>New to this thread. Was considering shorting the stock. Had a 2 gig Jaz drive installed about three weeks ago. Makes all kinds of noise and locks the machine up. Figured that any company that sells something this poorly tested and designed would be a good short. But at 5.00/share, I'm not so sure. Any alternatives out there?? <<' Sorry to hear about your problems with Jaz2. I too had problems with a Jaz drive. The newsgroups are also filled with unhappy Jaz owners. But there is a new drive called Castlewood ORB that is 2.2 Gigs, costs only $199 msrp, and each additional ORB disk only costs $29 msrp. ORB is now available in either IDE or Parallel port. SCSI is due in 2 or 3 weeks, and USB after that. more info: www.castlewood.com to buy: www.pcmall.com www.computability.com www.cdr.com As for Shorting IOM, this stock is just dead in the water for awhile. Better short candidates are out there, although a lot of prospects I've been follwoing have already come down somewhat. I'm looking to enter some Internet soon, probably AMZN.

To: 777 Captain who wrote (9863)	5/12/1999 9:23:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 10072

777, I would not short any company based on one bad experience with their product. Can understand the sentiment, though. You ask "Any alternatives out there??" Do you mean alternatives to your JAZ? If so, you're in luck. We've been discussing their competitor ORB here all day. If you'll just scroll back you will find opinions and links. I have no idea if ORB will be reliable, though. Maybe you should consider getting the JAZ fixed or replaced. It's under warranty. G.