Re: [WinMac] Re: Floppyless iMac (WinMac Digest #219 - 02/06/99)

Jeff Thorstad(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:39:10 -0600

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> Dear David:
>
> You see my point precisely... But what happens if you want to use a
>utility that is *not* on a bootable CD? With a floppy drive, you can still
>run it by booting from the MacOS Installer CD and running the utility from
>the copy on the floppy.

Part of the problem with this is the size of utilities. While you can fit
small ones, or parts of, say, Norton on a floppy, it is becoming
increasingly difficult to use the floppy for ANY decent program. Everyone
who gets an iMac for home or use by itself should get a drive like a Zip.
This was Apple's big mistake, not including this or an equivalent, modern
drive. Although, the sales do seem to speak for themselves.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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