Iomega ZIP 100 MB Parallel Port (32009) External ZIP Drive

Pros: Fairly Cheap
Cons: Capacity compared to alternative, slow

The Iomega Zip Drive 100 Parallel is a great way to move a plethora of information around; but is it the best way?

First off if you are considering buying one of these solely for the extra hard drive space I would advise against it. For $99.95...

Pros: More durable than ANY other removable media.
Cons: Can be slow; less space than a CDR. But I'll show you why it's better.

I'm a backup junkie. My addiction -- like most -- stems from a neurosis. I fear losing data. It's a phobia really. Ever since I experienced the trauma of losing the prologue to a novel I was working on -- THREE TIMES -- I have been addicted to making...

Pros: Portable
Cons: Slow, Heavy, Annoying

I bought this product a couple years ago because it was the one of the first portable high capacity drives..

As the years past I grew to dislike my zip 100 parallel drive and began to invest in a variety of different products such as a cd rw...

Pros: unlimited storage, easy to install and use
Cons: Not fireproof :), media is expensive, slow

I have to confess that I no longer own an Iomega Zip drive. Mine melted in a house fire in January of 1997. (I guess the fact that it is not fireproof is one point against it.) However, my husband would like to have one; therefore, I have been...

Pros: Inexpensive, Great for storing photos
Cons: Slow, SLOW, SLOW!!! Outdated

MY STORY
I got this little Iomega a long time ago. Almost way back when I got my Microsoft Digital Sound System speakers (see review). Since then it has been pretty much collecting dust on my shelf of "Useless Computer Crap". I'm probably...

Pros: Convenient external or internal storage device.
Cons: Not as convenient as CD-Rom

Iomega's Zip drive, their once useful external drive is going the way of the Syquest.

You remember the Syquest, don't you. It's small capacity, ungainly size and nasty appearance relegated it to obsolescence. The capacity offered by Syquest...

Pros: Simple and fairly inexpensive
Cons: the disk themselves can seem a bit pricey

Recently, while taking a Graphic Design class, I purchased the Iomega Zip 100 for use with my class projects. I somewhat thought it was a good investment, but was hesitant. I really did not see the point in a Zip drive. Now, I almost laugh at my...

Pros: Plug and play Installation; Storage of files up to 100MB, portable, secure.
Cons: Somewhat large power plug, price of Zip disks, no power off button.

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Pros: Market leader in Zip Drives and disk, "guest" feature
Cons: Slow speed in copying and reading files, click of death problem, pricey disks

I originally bought this product when it was the only cheap portable storage solution in 1995. I liked it for its portability as I had a laptop computer and the fact that I could run large programs on the drive, something I wasn't able to do with...

Pros: Portable, stores more memory than a regular 1.44 MB disk
Cons: No on and off switch, slow, not very useful

When Zip drives came out, they were very popular. And being the computer nerd that I am, I had to have one, but I don't remember why.

Zip disks suck. Sure they can store 100MB of information, but it wasn't too practical for me once I bought a...

Pros: Far more cost-efficient than floppies, better bandwidth than email
Cons: Moderately expensive media, parallel ports are slow, new version may make it obsolete

I am rarely - but inevitably - called upon to execute bizarre missions at my company's various retail installations. I wrote the software that supports them, and sometimes a problem just can't be handled over the phone, and I'm the only guy whose...

Pros: Backs up your system, it's like an endless hard drive.
Cons: Slows your pc regardless of your cpu speed, bit expensive but it's worth it.

Zip drive 100 MB
Hi there,
Today I will be talking about Zip drive 100 MB, I just hope you enjoy reading my opinion.

Before we talk about Zip Drives, let me explain the concept of backing up your files and data. Well data is very...

Pros: Portability
Cons: Speed and cost of media

The zip was one of the most important irreplaceable drives before the proliferation of the CD rewritable drives. There are a lot of reasons why a CD rewritable drive is better. I will get to these after explaining the pros and cons of the zip drive.
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Pros: portable storage device
Cons: limited in size, slow, obsolete

Iomaga blew it. They had a chance to corner the market of external peripheral storage and blew it big time.

They kept their technology proprietary and forced other manufacturers to come up with alternatives. They would allow their zip disks...

Pros: A nice way to hold medium level chunks of stuff in storage.
Cons: Weird looking contraptions and I never liked the way the cords were hung on them.

When the ZIP Drive came out a few years ago, a number of people I knew were skeptical. "100 meg-a-bytes?" they asked, "Man, that's a lot of floppies." The record book will show that IOMEGA made a bundle on these in spite of the initial doubts....