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In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.950713020455.8249C-100000@usr1.primenet.com>, logix <logix@usr1.primenet.com> writes:

|> On a tangent....

|> I hope that the Zip becomes "standard" equipment as far as mass
|> media goes...the Floppy disk REALLY, REALLY, REALLY needs to be put
|> out to pasture...in 1995 (the era of 25+ disk programs), 1.4 Megs
|> of storage is REALLY useless...a low cost 25/100 Meg unit is
|> ideal.  

Agreed.

|> Also better than CD-ROM in some cases...

|> For example, say I buy Photoshop 3.01 and it comes on one 25 Meg
|> Zip disk instead of a CD-ROM...when Photoshop 3.1 or whatever comes
|> out, I can reformat my Zip disk and USE IT. Unlike a CD-ROM, 

The blank Zip disk costs an order of magnutide more than the pressed
CD-ROM.  With OEM discounts, the cost of the recorded Zip disk might
be only 5 to 10 times the cost of the pressed CD.

And the chances of screwing up the CD-ROM are much smaller than the
chances of screwing up any recordable medium... Even screwed-up
software can't ruin it, let alone stray magnetic fields...

Chris
-- 
Speaking only for myself, of course.
Chris Wood    christw@lexis-nexis.com   ChrisCWood@aol.com