On Friday, Sep 27, 2002, at 09:44 Europe/London, Obi-Wan wrote:
> On 9/27/02 12:20 AM, "Mark Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Broadcast into > the > ether: > >> Yeh, I found this almost straight away. I have a locked Zip Disk that >> I >> back up all my accounting spreadsheets to. I tried to put my disk in >> when i upgraded to Jaguar and OS X just went 'pthewwy' and spat it out >> again. Grrrr.... > > I have to ask...why on earth does anyone use a Zip or Jaz Drive > anymore?????? Why? You pay $10/100mb of *delicate* storage that can > be > destroyed by magnetized fields, dust, heat etc. You could buy a CD > burner > and spend 39�/700mb of storage that is guaranteed up to 11 years. Why > use a > Zip? You shoulnd't even be allowed to complain about it. It is sheer > stupidity. The burner would pay for itself in 10-15 Zip disks?!?!? > Couple > that with the fact that if you are sharing data not everyone has a Zip > drive...but everyone has a CD drive nowdays. It just doesn't make > sense. > > I have seen far too many clients of mine lose important data to Iomega > drives for it to be a coincidence. > > Do the math. I use them because: 1. You can lock a CD-RW to stop ppl prying into your data (mind you I can't lock my Zip Disk under Jaguar but it'll get there eventually!!). I keep details of my bank account, my dad's ISP and all sorts of stuff that many people would feast there eyes on should I not protect it. 2. When I was at University all the machines had Zip 100 drives in to allow you to move large documents. The only CD-RW drives were 1 to a lab and 2x so it was quicker to take 6 Zip Disks and copy your stuff onto those. The only things we ever used the CD-R drives for was Linux Distros and I reckon we could have moved those on Zips if we had bothered trying. 3. CDs get scratched. CD's snap when you drop stuff on them. Zip disks suffer a lot less from wear and tear. I have 7 disks that I used to use at uni (we used to download PC games demos, MP3s and stuff on campus all the time until we got DSL 'cause there were 2 labs open 24/7) and non have failed yet. My fried had another 5 and to the best of my knowledge all his still work too. I put my zip disk through hell and they still come out kicking, a CD-RW wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes. 4. They were all the rage 3 years ago and, as you might have gathered, I still have a large stack of them. My G3/400 came with an ATAPI Zip drive installed and I bought a USB drive when I first got a Mac, before that I had a PC Parallel port drive. My dad also has a Zip drive in his main machine which means I can quickly portage stuff to his machine without having to fart about with CDs. Most of my friends ALSO have Zip Drives. Basically for instantaneous convenient storage they are great. If you want to archive and store CD-Rs make more sense, sure enough. My writer is 12x and it is still quicker to copy most stuff of 100MB or less to a Zip Disk. Basically I paid for the disks a long time ago hen they were really useful and cheaper than buying a �150 CD-RW drive. Now I have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive as well I guess they won't get used as much. I would never bother buying a new Zip disk now as I have too many as it is. It still doesn't mean I don't want support for them! Wise up. Different people live in different lives with different circumstances. What you do every day is very different to what a lot of other people do and vice-versa. Don't go bolshing around making statements about what people should or shouldn't do based on your 'big ideas'. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
