Orb or DVD-RAM

[Warthog]

The DVD-RAM is a 5.2 gb cd. Technically it's not a cd but for simplicities sake, we'll call it one. I had wanted to get one, but had been told by another member that since they are 1st generation, they are bound to have problems, etc.

Warthog

[jl123]

Yeah that's true. I've always wondered about that DVD-RAM. I was close to getting one but I didn't know what it was. I think that this Orb is better the zip drives. I wouldn't mind having one. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif Seems pretty good.

It's funny but one orb disk is 2x bigger than my hard drive on my pentium 133

~Joel(jl123)

[Warthog]

Isn't it amazing how technology changes? Hard drives used to be 500mb and less. A $1 CD-R could fit more info than some of those hard drives.

I don't like the zips that much. It's all hype. There is nothing special about them at all. An internal Orb drive costs about $200. An internal Zippy costs about $170. Using the Orb you get almost 9x the amount of storage space.

Warthog

[MadMatt]

Check out what overclockers.com had to say about the orb:
http://www.overclockers.com/tips39/

Not good!

[mgordon99]

If you compare the quality of the external Zip vs. Orb, Zip drives are much more rugged. I have heard horror stories about the Orb's flimsy construction and propensity to break. Yes indeed the cartridges store much more and cost less per MB.

I don't know how Iomega gets away with the price for Zip disks. Are they really that expensive to make?