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Dale DePriest (daled@cds9172.Cadence.COM) wrote:
: |> : Maxwell Daymon (mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com) wrote:
: |> : } Zip: $0.148 per megabyte ($14.95 each)
: |> : } EZ : $0.163 per megabyte ($21.95 each)

: Wrong. EZ cartrides are bought individually or in packs of 3.

Perhaps, but I'm looking at packs of 1, 5, and 10.

: These are misleading prices.  Unit pricing for EZ is $20.00 and at a capacity
: of 135Meg the print is $0.14.  Zip pricing is 3 for $50 or 10 for $150
: which is being quoted above.

I just found this in a magazine (MacUser)

EZ135 (1):   $  19.50  (14.4  cents/meg)
      (5):   $  96.25  (14.3  cents/meg)
     (10):   $ 190.00  (14.1  cents/meg)

Zip   (1):   $  19.50  (19.5  cents/meg)
      (3):   $  49.50  (16.5  cents/meg)
     (10):   $ 139.00  (13.9  cents/meg)

(where meg == 1,000,000 bytes, manufacturers specification)

Again, I say that the cost of media is so close that it's not a factor. 
Of course, single quanities for a removable media drive doesn't make 
sense to me. For $139, why not just buy ten? I suppose if you plan on 
just buying a few disks, the EZ can be substantially cheaper but you'd be 
better off with a hard drive.

Of course, Reveal is now a Zip drive vendor, but I do not know if they 
are going to make media.