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- From: chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 05:15:00 GMT
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- Glenn Saunders (krishna@primenet.com) wrote:
-
- : The Zip drive is nice, but its days are numbered because the Jazz offers
- : more in capacity and speed. It won't be long before Jazz-like drives
- : become as cheap as Zip drives are now, and then there will be no further
- : motivation to continue Zip support.
-
- You forget that both drives are made by the same company. The Jazz drive
- will never be as cheap as the Zip drive. Sure the per-byte cost is about
- equal but the actual cost of the drive is higher. An Amiga shipped with a
- Jazz would be way out of the price range of most computer buyers.
-
- If they were to drop the price of the Jazz drive to where the Zip is now,
- they would drop the price of the Zip to the price of a floppy drive which
- would make it more attractive to buyers.
-
-
- Chris Hall
-