LS-120 vs Zip

[JeffD78]

Any ideas why the LS-120 didn't take off the way the Zip drive did? I would've thought it would do better simply because you could use regular 3.5" floppies along with the LS-120 disks, unlike Zip Drives. Anybody know the answer to this one? Maybe it's just 'cuz the name wasn't flashy enough.....

[Dave_H]

Maybe because the Zip is so popular and that makes it an easy way to exchange large files and things with friends.
Dave

[Szech]

I also think that the whole backward compatability thing wasn't huge, because everyone already has a 3.5" drive. So the only people who would consider it would be people getting a new system. Oh well.

[oblivion]

What would be sweet,is if they came out with a floppy that was 120 megs and fit in a regular floppy.........

[daveleau]

I am suprised also. I would have bet on the LS-120 myself. I heard of Zip long before LS-120 so I guess that is why. Zip was already entrenched by the time most of us here heard of it. Better advertising? I don't know.
Dave

[Ziz]

Well, I have both, internal LS-120 and Zip 250, so I'm prepared either way. I would like to see the 120 hang around, for no other reason than to finally put the 1.44 floppy out of its misery.

While we're on the subject though, I'm probably gonna have to move both of them to some kind of removable drive/docking bay setup in order to free up and IDE channel for a CD writer. Anyone had any experience (good, bad or otherwise) in that direction?

[Bonehead]

Why the LS-120 didn't took off? Because the drive is slow. Not much faster as your normal 3.5" drive. And if the other don't also has a LS-120 drive you can't exchange 120Mb data on the other system, while a Zip 100 drive extern works perfectly and is faster (USB version even better, have them both).

[beller6]

I didn't want the Zip. Got scared off by COD. Didn't want the ls-120 after seeing it at my neighbor's house, stayed with the old stand by floppy

[Apostle 83]

I don't even know why people still use magnetic... As far as I'm concerned, magnetic storage is obsolete for anything under 5.2 gigs!

I know its expensive to go optical, but hey, its gotta happen.

DVD!