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| Thread ID: 26409 | 2002-10-26 20:34:00 | Is Iomega Jazz still alive?? | rayonline (2134) | Press F1 |
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| 93257 | 2002-10-26 20:34:00 | Is it still alive. Webpages seem to list ZIP 100-650 (or is it 750?) and have not listed Jazz or Ditto. I am concerned w/ Jazz since I do not need a tape drive. 1GB seem more a descent amount of room, SCSI card is no problem to me. And on the internet they seem to be dirt cheap. Also, I know the Disks are $$, not a worry since I need only buy 2-3 on eBay. So its fine. Iomega website has also abandoned JAZZ under products. They still support it thou... with XP drivers, help files and such..... |
rayonline (2134) | ||
| 93258 | 2002-10-26 23:20:00 | I found some here: www.vivid-computers.co.nz Note the spelling of jaz |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 93259 | 2002-10-27 00:46:00 | I am not interested in buying in New Zealand. Its just not economical. I usually buy abroad when I travel, people come down or on eBay. Like a Creative Labs DXR3DVD Decoder card @ $10US + $10US 10 business day delivery versus here at $350nz + free freight. New Sony 24X CDRW $40US, 48X CDRW $65US. Back on the topic, yes people still use JAZ drives so course there are disks available. Need I say $250nz for a disk, I can get 3 for $30US. But what has really happened to the JAZ drives?? Were they unpopular so the manufacturer decided to pull them off?? Was it of design problems?? Reliability issues?? Was it the disks too pricy ($250) for people to treat it like a big floppy disks (unlike, sucessfully like ZIP @ $25 a disk)?? If its not reliability issues I would buy one on eBay for $25US (1GB version) + some disks ship them to Vancouver since I have people coming down ...... ZIP is not feasible for its size, I would rather get a 1/2GB than a 250/650MB ZIP. Thats if there's no technical problems assoc...... The link u provided only sold JAZ disks, no drives. Rayonline |
rayonline (2134) | ||
| 93260 | 2002-10-27 01:35:00 | Went to Google, typed "Jaz drive". 2nd link took me to the Iomega legacy products page: Legacy page (www.iomega.com VaQezTnqkCTrZckFCji22sXdnILXSoYD!-80257276!-1817048987!7005!8005?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=63231&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=63191&bmUID=1035682237437) "What are Legacy Products? The products in this section are no longer being manufactured by Iomega Corporation, although some may still be available through a variety of sources. " Jaz drives are listed in these products. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 93261 | 2002-10-27 01:50:00 | thanks, yes legacy, and no longer manufactured. my questions still remain; what was the main reason they stop producing it. If anyone knows.... I don't want to buy a dodgy drive - need info b4 i buy. Ray |
rayonline (2134) | ||
| 93262 | 2002-10-27 02:03:00 | My guess would be that it was no longer economic to produce them. With the vast array of alternatives at better prices - CDs, DVDs, disks in removable caddies - sales would have dropped to the point that the drives were fazed out. Jaz drives would have been an economic alternative to tapes but at retail prices not now against the alternative media. Zip drives, being cheaper, would have had a greater market penetration so are still around. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 93263 | 2002-10-27 02:12:00 | >>> my questions still remain; what was the main reason they stop producing it . Haven't you answered your own question? The disks are too expensive . Why would anyone want to buy one of those drives when you can get a CD-RW writer and burn CDs for 50c each? Not to mention that a CD writer is a lot more versatile as well - can you use Jaz disks for playing your music collection? I know I would never bother with a Jaz drive and obviously lots of other people think the same or they would still be selling/making them . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 93264 | 2002-10-27 03:43:00 | thanks, i thought they had technical issues...... yes, u can listen to mp3 for music via a JAZ =) I just can't be bothered w/ CDs all the time. Having so many CDs in the house, CDRW after like 100 or is it 1000 for newer ones it finished. Like to keep things tidy. Write once CD's cannot recover room after deleting files. ZIP/JAZ seems to be the solution backing up a HDD when u gonna freq. update and delete files. I prefer more room so JAZ is the way to go (quicktime, high reso photo scans) .... only need a few disks so I can get abroad too. Thanks! |
rayonline (2134) | ||
| 93265 | 2002-10-27 03:46:00 | yeah.... i may be incorrect. wasnt at the start each 2GB disk was $600nz?? | rayonline (2134) | ||
| 93266 | 2002-10-27 04:26:00 | Technology has passed it by! I used to use Iomega, but now have a nifty little 20Gig USB Hard drive ina tidy carry case. Bets the hell out of what used to be great technology products Regards Graham Bockett |
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