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In article <40c8kv$3cs@dub-news-svc-1.compuserve.com>, 
76622.170@compuserve.com says...
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>ayers@mizar.usc.edu (Michael B. Ayers) wrote:
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>>In article <hjchungDCuutA.7tL@netcom.com>, hjchung@netcom.com (Hanse
>>Chung) wrote:
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>>>   The cost to me was $220,
>>> so the profit margin is not THAT outrageous.  
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>>Oh, so a LITTLE outrageous is ok?
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>>> Of course, if you don't need
>>> one RIGHT away (who does?) it's not a good deal.
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>>It's not a good deal anyway.  The issue is do you want one bad enough to
>>get bent over in a major way to get one soon.
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>>No thanks...
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>Well, basically, the COST on the ZIP drives where I work is $151.
>They sell for $200, that is markup, but that is also what eveyone is
>selling them for.  I guess that price can only be had in quantity,
>since the company I work for probably buys 10,000 at a shot or more.
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I have read the specs on the Zip, and frankly, I don't see why they are so 
much better than other removeable media drives such as Syquest and MO.  
Personally, I won't buy one until they come out with an internal one, since 
I have a full tower case with several unused drive bays and don't like 
little boxes hanging out all over the place.  And I would like to wait and 
see if the form factor will last (look what happened to flopticals!), and 
see how good their long-term reliability is.  I have been considering the 
275 meg Syquest.  Yes, the drive and media are more expensive, but the 
technology is proven.
  Tom Sullivan  tsullivan@fwi.com