Floppiless (was: the new Apple iMac)

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
Date: Sat May 9 03:48:13 1998

At 07:31 PM 5/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> Actually, if I were to design a computer, I would consider not
>> including a floppy drive, or at least making it so that it doesn't
>
>I totally agree. Any more, floppy disk drives are more a PITA than they
>are useful. Creation is no longer the focus of home computing---the
>browser took care of that issue. This means having removable, writeable
>media is less of a priority. In the corporate setting, where computers are
>still used primarily for creation and dissemination, you have LANs to
>alleviate the need for such media.
>
>The floppy plays little role in modern computing.

I kinda have to agree. My laptop has had a dead floppy drive for some time
now; probably over 2 years. The only time I really miss it is a) when I
want to move data/pgms to a machine/person not "connected" or b) when I
want to install (floppy-only) software.

The first is handled by the net, the second by getting software on CD (or
swapping my HD into an identical machine with a good floppy.)

Nowadays, data and programs are both so big as to make floppies unusuable.
(Can you imagine backing up 1GB to floppy? 8^)


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