Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 02:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ok, since were all throwing in our 2�, Id figured Id express mine. > > Floppies are like RAM, you can modify their contents all you want. > > CDs, on the other hand, require that they be burned > > (unless the technology is built into the OS now) by a seperate > > application.
> Both OSX and Windows XP support CD burning right in the OS. Put in a > blank cd, drag files to it, eject it and it's burned (in OSX, dunno > about XP, but they copied it from Apple, so it's bound to have a few > more mouse-clicks.) > > > Floppies are also relatively small and are > > very light weight. Zips come close, but are bulkier. My thoughts are > > that there never really was a decent replacement for the floppy, > > except for Zip, which is not nearly as standard as a floppy. CDs come in those 3" diameter size, 165 MB, but have never tried to buy any, so I don't know if they're identical in every way to the 5" ones, but I suspect so... > > Floppies are also unreliable as heck these days...like Evyn, I've had > brand new, just unwrapped name brands fail on me. I'll be happy if mine last long enough to copy them to CDs... THEN I'll toss 'em... > I cannot *count* the number of times students have come to our door in > a panic because a floppy broke, rending their only copy of a file > unreadable. > > 1.44 MB also holds very little these days. Floppies hold as much as they ever did. Familarity makes everything look and feel smaller. <g> > USB flash drives are what I'm seeing people use, more and more. I know no-one using a USB Flash drive. > We're recommending that our students buy one instead of toting about > floppies if they can, though truth be told, more and more are getting > broadband access at home, it's a lot simpler for them to just log onto > our network and work on their stuff that way rather than tote files > back and forth. > > Smaller and lighter than floppies, they hold a lot more, and they're > coming down in price. My old boss at work ( a Toxicology professor, > hardly the computerphile) says she goes to meetings now and people are > passing those around to run presentations off of, share papers and > proposals, etc. > > She's gotten two of them, they hold as much (or more) than a zip disk, > are reusable, have no moving parts, and the *big* ones are about the > size of a pack of gum. Much lighter than lugging around her zip drive > and disks. They ARE impressive. No doubt I'll look into one, especially now that I have a late model digital camera. keith whaley > > -- > "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. > Bruce Johnson -- 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
