On Friday, Sep 27, 2002, at 20:46 Europe/London, Obi-Wan wrote:
> That is true, but a feature that almost no one needs. How many people > creep > into your workspace to read your *sensitive* documents?? No-one but then I don't work (yet) and I haven't been burgled yet. It's mostly a piece-of-mind thing but it's still a good idea. If not many people use it then god-damn, sorry - I DO! >> 2. When I was at University all the machines had Zip 100 drives I >> reckon we could have moved those on Zips if we had >> bothered trying. > > That was probably years ago. Ermm... I only graduated in July :). >> 3. CDs get scratched. >> I put my zip disk through hell and >> they still come out kicking. > > You have got to be kidding?!?!? Zips are so fragile that dropping > them 1 > foot can render them unusable. CD's are FAR more durable. Open a Zip > disk > up. It's a freaking floppy. That's it. A floppy. Not in my experience. My Zip100 disk have been dropped, thrown, kicked, beaten tapped on desk edges and not a single error. Even if a corrupt data are occurs you can sometimes format it out. If your CD-RW gets scratched up it's screwed and you have to buy another one. >> 4. They were all the rage 3 years ago and, as you might have gathered, >> I still have a large stack of them. > > That doesn't mean that it is the most intelligent or efficient means of > backing data up. It just means that you got them years ago and want to > continue to use them. That's all. Yep. Got it in 1. I invested money in Zip Disks. I understand it's not as efficient as burning off a CD in 6 mins (in your case probably 1 min - I like DVDs and only have one CD bay) but non the less I have to invest zero capital in them as I ahve the drives and the disks already. When the drives pack up and the disks die in 2 years time then I'll consider that I no longer need support. >> It still doesn't mean I don't want support for them! > > I understand your point here, but you are comparing writing a 650mb > CDRW to > transferring 100 mb to a zip. I don't see how that is relevant. > 650/100?? It's not financially. It's just a convenience factor. As far as the economy is concerned a Zip Drive was �75 at the time and came with 3 free disks. An 8x4x12 CD-RW was �150 and had 1 CD-R with it. I was going to a University with Zip Drives. You do the math ;). >> 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'. > > Lol. Big ideas??? I was just stating what was the most efficient. OK, perhaps I was a little harsh, it was first thing in the morning. I hadn't had my coffee, I apologize. > I recently had a client stop using Zip Media and switched to a Que 40x > Burner. > He paid for the burner in the first week of use. He does work that > requires > he send the data out to a lab and they were much happier with the > decision > since only one of the Mac's at the lab had a Zip, but all have CD > drives. Good for him. He's happy. Great :). I just invested �65 in a new DVD/CD-RW combo drive. I love it. Maybe I am switching slowly, the fact is however that i still use Zip disks. Supported Apple Machines have Zip drives, right up to this years models. Iomega should therefore still support the drives in the latest OS, to not do so would be tantamount to shooting themselves in the foot, if only on a small share of their market. > I understand that people will stick with what they know in this world > when > it comes to computers and data backup especially. Whether it is right > or > wrong. People cling to things. Some because they are afraid of > change..others because they can't see that the immediate cost will be > made > back in very little time...they lack the foresight to see that (I am > not > referring to you personally). I have lacked foresight on many occasions, don't worry :). You know I have burned 15 CDs since I got my burner. Maybe I should just throw all my perfectly good Zip disks in a bin someplace ;). -- 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
