I bought a Syquest EZ135 drive when they first came out because I didn't have a Mac yet, and I would go the computer lab a my college to download shareware and other stuff for later. I also used it before they connected my dorm to the appletalk network. Its twice as fast as a zip100,35% larger and much more relible. I still use mine to this day. These days its a little harder to find the carts, but $15 dollars is worth it, I say go for it.