New Iomega Drive :)

alister · Jul 6, 2002, 04:38 AM

Iomega is going to be releasing a new Zip Drive soon. I will be a USB 2.0 drive and up the size of the disc to 750 Megs, like it is really gonna help

It will probably cost more than I CD-RW drive and I bet that one zip cartridge will cost more than a whole spindle of CDRs

Alister

Yeti · Jul 6, 2002, 04:40 AM

Thats fine, i assume were talking about a disk that doesn't need to be "burned" every time you wanna write to it.

Also, i know iomega released a CD-RW under there brand name a while back, so be wary.

JavaFox · Jul 6, 2002, 05:06 AM

I will forever hear click-click-click-click in my head when I hear the name Iomega. I had one of the drives the Click-of-Death affected.

I don't see how Iomega thinks this'll make them much money. CD-RW Drives are close to ubiquitous, and produce media that is capable of being read in almost every single computer on the face of the earth. I just don't see a point in going with anything else...

alister · Jul 6, 2002, 06:15 PM

I think that the new drives are about useless myself also. Not everyone will have an Iomega drive capable of reading the discs, but almost everyone has a CD-Rom (DVD-Rom) and can read CDRs. I hear that the new drives are noisey also. They are calling it the Zip Ultra currently, the name may change once it is released. I hear that it will be able to read the 100 meg discs but not write to them. I am not sure about the 250 meg discs.

Alister

JavaFox · Jul 6, 2002, 06:24 PM

The only way I can see alternate data-storage technologies being popular is if a) they hold significantly more than a CD can, and b) if consumer needs for data storage increases.

Yamaha recently stated that they found most people only burn ~350MB of data to the average CD. So why would anyone ditch CD-Rs for something that costs more, can be read by fewer computers, and is too large for their needs anyway?

Yeti · Jul 7, 2002, 03:03 AM

Umm, because unlike other people, i need to burn several hundred gigs of anime ? LOL... Everything has a niche market

Jul 6, 2002, 04:38 AM	#1
alister DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	New Iomega Drive :) Iomega is going to be releasing a new Zip Drive soon. I will be a USB 2.0 drive and up the size of the disc to 750 Megs, like it is really gonna help It will probably cost more than I CD-RW drive and I bet that one zip cartridge will cost more than a whole spindle of CDRs Alister

Jul 6, 2002, 04:40 AM	#2
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	Thats fine, i assume were talking about a disk that doesn't need to be "burned" every time you wanna write to it. Also, i know iomega released a CD-RW under there brand name a while back, so be wary. __________________ --Oh lord not again

Jul 7, 2002, 03:03 AM	#6
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	Umm, because unlike other people, i need to burn several hundred gigs of anime ? LOL... Everything has a niche market __________________ --Oh lord not again

Jul 6, 2002, 05:06 AM	#3
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	I will forever hear click-click-click-click in my head when I hear the name Iomega. I had one of the drives the Click-of-Death affected. I don't see how Iomega thinks this'll make them much money. CD-RW Drives are close to ubiquitous, and produce media that is capable of being read in almost every single computer on the face of the earth. I just don't see a point in going with anything else...

Jul 6, 2002, 06:15 PM	Thread Starter #4
alister DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I think that the new drives are about useless myself also. Not everyone will have an Iomega drive capable of reading the discs, but almost everyone has a CD-Rom (DVD-Rom) and can read CDRs. I hear that the new drives are noisey also. They are calling it the Zip Ultra currently, the name may change once it is released. I hear that it will be able to read the 100 meg discs but not write to them. I am not sure about the 250 meg discs. Alister

Jul 6, 2002, 06:24 PM	#5
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	The only way I can see alternate data-storage technologies being popular is if a) they hold significantly more than a CD can, and b) if consumer needs for data storage increases. Yamaha recently stated that they found most people only burn ~350MB of data to the average CD. So why would anyone ditch CD-Rs for something that costs more, can be read by fewer computers, and is too large for their needs anyway?