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In article <jcgroves-0707951549180001@203.12.52.32>, jcgroves@netspace.net.au (John Groves) says:
>
>Iomega's Zip Drive has become the hottest selling item of computer
>hardware to hit the market in years. I am researching information on the
>relative level of demand for Zip drives generated by Mac and PC users.
>Although Zip is available in both parallel and SCSI versions, the PC world
>does not seem anywhere near as excited by Zip as the Mac world.  My
>hypothesis is that Mac users account for a disproportionately high share
>of the demand.
>
>If this is true, why is it so? 
>
>� Does the average Mac user accumulate far more MB of files than the
>average PC user?  Because of the Mac's huge superiority in ease of use and
>plug-and-play simplicity, I suspect that the average Mac user is
>encouraged to try many more software applications and to use them more
>frequently. The Mac's superiority in graphics applications would also
>encourage a far greater proportion of Mac users to operate graphics, video
>and sound applications, which generate huge file volumes.
>
>� Before Zip, Mac users probably were not able to buy external storage
>capacity as cheaply as PC users. Extra hard drive capacity seems to have
>been significantly cheaper for PC users, at least partly due to the wide
>range of IDE drives available for the PC.  Mac users also do not have
>access to low cost tape backup systems, which are common for the PC. The
>lowest cost option for Mac users was probably SyQuest cartridge drives,
>which have been far too expensive for most home and SOHO users. SyQuest's
>reputation for poor drive and cartridge reliability has already been
>debated in these newsgroups
>
>Can anyone post anecdotal evidence on the relative level of Mac vs PC
>demand for Zip drives and disks?  Perhaps this only emerges in terms of
>orders for SCSI vs parallel Zips, with the further complication of having
>to estimate the Mac vs PC split within the SCSI buyers. The split between
>Mac and PC formatted disks could also provide some indication, but end
>users are no doubt buying whatever disks they can find in the shops and
>reformating them if necessary.
>
>Let's hear what others think on these topics.
>
>-- 
>John Groves
>NetSpace Online Systems, Melbourne, Australia
>jcgroves@netspace.net.au

The fact that Iomega can't even fill an order for 2000 units in Australia until October
gives you some idea of the demand for this drive
They will convert a plant used to produce other product to the new ZIP line
This will give SyQuest time to catchup with their new 125Mb drive

John Fonhof