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What is a good option for removable storage?
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Jun 27, 2000, 11:26 PM
 
Anyone know what is a good alternative to Iomega for removable storage?
     
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Jun 28, 2000, 12:48 AM
 
Well, I have a second generation Superdisk drive and I would say it's ok, not brilliant. It's much faster than the first superdisks and the drivers are less buggy. I definitely prefer the new Zip 250 my sister got though
Pete C. (PB12" 1.5Ghz 160GB hdd, 1.25GB RAM, OS X 10.4.11)
     
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Jun 28, 2000, 05:35 AM
 
How do you want to use it? Backups or what?
I recommend a CD burner at any rate. Their only downfall is the inconvenience of how you burn (not much of a prob really).
Maybe a MO drive (magneto-optical) - do you use them like a floppy, or like a CD?

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Jun 28, 2000, 06:21 AM
 
I agree, recordable CDs (CDR) are the way to go.. drives are getting cheaper (starting at about $200 for internal, and slightly more for external) and you can get 650 MB disks for as low as $.50 per disk.. by comparison, a 100 MB zip disk is around $10.. Also, just about everybody has a CD drive in their computer, which makes it easier to give files to others or share files with several computers. With zip, MO, or other specialized media, you have to have access to that particular drive to access the data, but you can read a CD from anywhere. CDRs are, however, more complicated to work with, so take that into consideration.
     
   
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