[WinMac] Re: iMac

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:24:36 -0500

>>> Where the iMac sucks is for home use, i.e the
>>>features that make it so good for corporate desktops (no floppy, built-in
>>>10/100 ethernet) make it lousy for home users.
>>
>>I disagree wholeheartedly (no surprises there eh guys ;)
>>
>>My wife has an iMac at home and she absolutely loves it and is very
>>profficient on it. And she is one of the most computer-illiterate people
>>I know. She has problems with my Mac and can't make heads or tails of the
>>PC we have (neither in 98 nor in NT).
>
>
>Actually, going to no floppy was the best move anyone has made in the
>computer industry in recent years. This archaic, buggy, data-destroying
>disk ought to be completely obsolete. It already is for many people. The
>only times I ever use them are for the executives, who seem to be unaware
>of "progress". I haven't used a floppy disk since last fall. I use Zip
>drives for small data transfer if email or the network is not a good
>choice.

I haven't used floppies in ages, except on PCs. This is why the floppy
won't go away any time soon, it is the preferred media for booting from a
"removable" device when you have problems with your PCs hard drive. On
some more modern PCs you can boot up from CDs (as was discussed in this
list) but you can't do very much with them...

So I think that, unfortunately floppies will be around for a while. A
shame really because they are obsolete and unreliable like you said.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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