Iomega's dream

Don't go looking for this anytime soon. Iomega
as a company produced shoddy products. Also,
you won't be getting 300 movies per disk from Hollywood
unless you want to pay about $4500 for that disc.
Then what if it goes bad? I can see them (if the thing
actually works) putting a series of movies on one disk,
but part of what gets people to pay what they ask for
special editions of DVDs is that there are more than
one disk involved.
-Rich

RichA

On 5/29/2005 1:54:44 PM, RichA wrote:

> Don't go looking for this anytime soon. Iomega
> as a company produced shoddy products. Also,
> you won't be getting 300 movies per disk from Hollywood
> unless you want to pay about $4500 for that disc.
> Then what if it goes bad?

The point is not to put 300 movies on one disc, but to back up an entire
hard drive on one or a handful of discs.
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Tarkus

On Sun, 29 May 2005 16:44:24 -0700, Tarkus <> wrote:

>On 5/29/2005 1:54:44 PM, RichA wrote:
>
>> Don't go looking for this anytime soon. Iomega
>> as a company produced shoddy products. Also,
>> you won't be getting 300 movies per disk from Hollywood
>> unless you want to pay about $4500 for that disc.
>> Then what if it goes bad?
>
>The point is not to put 300 movies on one disc, but to back up an entire
>hard drive on one or a handful of discs.

No point. You can re-install it and hope it runs right, but it won't.
-Rich

RichA

I'd like to put an entire television series on one disc. Forget about
multiple movies.

- Jordan

Jordan

On 5/30/2005 12:07:57 AM, RichA wrote:

> On Sun, 29 May 2005 16:44:24 -0700, Tarkus <> wrote:
>
>>On 5/29/2005 1:54:44 PM, RichA wrote:
>>
>>> Don't go looking for this anytime soon. Iomega
>>> as a company produced shoddy products. Also,
>>> you won't be getting 300 movies per disk from Hollywood
>>> unless you want to pay about $4500 for that disc.
>>> Then what if it goes bad?
>>
>> The point is not to put 300 movies on one disc, but to back up an
>> entire hard drive on one or a handful of discs.
>
> No point. You can re-install it and hope it runs right, but it won't.

Of course, you have no idea what you're talking about, since it hasn't
even been released.
--
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Now playing: the radio.

Tarkus

Tarkus <> wrote in
news::

> On 5/30/2005 12:07:57 AM, RichA wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 29 May 2005 16:44:24 -0700, Tarkus <> wrote:
>>
>>>On 5/29/2005 1:54:44 PM, RichA wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't go looking for this anytime soon. Iomega
>>>> as a company produced shoddy products. Also,
>>>> you won't be getting 300 movies per disk from Hollywood
>>>> unless you want to pay about $4500 for that disc.
>>>> Then what if it goes bad?
>>>
>>> The point is not to put 300 movies on one disc, but to back up an
>>> entire hard drive on one or a handful of discs.
>>
>> No point. You can re-install it and hope it runs right, but it won't.
>
> Of course, you have no idea what you're talking about, since it hasn't
> even been released.

Well, we're not speaking of stock/bonds/mutual funds here, so past
perfomance IS an indication of future results. Past performance says if
it's Iomega, it's not going to work.

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Howard

On 5/30/2005 12:07:09 PM, Howard wrote:

> Well, we're not speaking of stock/bonds/mutual funds here, so past
> perfomance IS an indication of future results. Past performance says
> if it's Iomega, it's not going to work.

They sold millions of ZIP drives. They must have worked for a lot of
people.
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Now playing: the radio.

Tarkus

Tarkus <> wrote in
news::

> On 5/30/2005 12:07:09 PM, Howard wrote:
>
>> Well, we're not speaking of stock/bonds/mutual funds here, so past
>> perfomance IS an indication of future results. Past performance says
>> if it's Iomega, it's not going to work.
>
> They sold millions of ZIP drives. They must have worked for a lot of
> people.

I see. The millions sold 'proves' they worked, despite the millions that
also failed. Interesting.

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Howard

On 5/30/2005 2:07:02 PM, Howard wrote:

> Tarkus <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> On 5/30/2005 12:07:09 PM, Howard wrote:
>>
>>> Well, we're not speaking of stock/bonds/mutual funds here, so past
>>> perfomance IS an indication of future results. Past performance
>>> says if it's Iomega, it's not going to work.
>>
>> They sold millions of ZIP drives. They must have worked for a lot of
>> people.
>
> I see. The millions sold 'proves' they worked, despite the millions
> that also failed. Interesting.

"If it's Iomega, it's not going to work." My point was, if their past
performance was really that bad, wouldn't people catch on at some point?

ZIP drives didn't decline in popularity due to failure, but to the advent
of the CD-ROM, which was more convenient and had a much greater capacity.

I'm sure you had problems with Iomega, and so did others. But to suggest
that they're incapable of making something that works suggests a very
closed and biased mind. If they never built anything that worked, they
wouldn't still be in business.
--
"I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates. There's too many
captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For
that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing."

Now playing: the radio.

Tarkus

"Howard" <> wrote in message
news:Xns96668FAAFFDF9stile@129.250.170.93...
> Well, we're not speaking of stock/bonds/mutual funds here, so past
> perfomance IS an indication of future results. Past performance says if
> it's Iomega, it's not going to work.
I have two Jaz drives and a Zip drive that are at least 6 years
old and they still work perfectly. Your disinformation doesn't
work.

Mark Jones