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Article #220Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:55
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:55
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In article <4cp7av$f7@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, Primal Scream <primal@vt.edu> wrote: > Me too. I don't bad mouth the EZ, I just give all the reasons to buy > a Zip instead. It's not hard to sell someone on the Zip, from what > I've seen. The salesmen at Software etc. tried to sell me an EZ, but > I convinced them that the Zip was the better product. Trained > salesmen! You know the difference between a computer salesman and a used car salesman? The used car salesman knows he's lying. > Everywhere I went over Christmas in Northern VA, I saw > plenty of EZs, and NO Parallel Zips. Except the ONE reveal Zip at > Sears. Speed tests are largely irrelevant, the home user market wants > simplicity, which means Parallel Port. No SCSI, No IDE. That's the > decisive factor. I'm a home user and I wouldn't by anything but SCSI. No parallel port, no IDE. Ick, the very idea. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135 Date: 11 Jan 1996 17:55:24 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Message-ID: <4d3iuc$n8q@zuul.nmti.com> References: <4bfgk7$of0@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> <4cl0bh$8gh@natasha.rmii.com> <4cmoba$o7b@comet2.magicnet.net> <4cp7av$f7@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com