Re: Who still uses floppies these days?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <e4cv17$rjr$4@Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca>,
Richard Bonner <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
> Bob Harris wrote:
>> In article <1147621134_13641@sp6iad.superfeed.net>,
>>  "Bible John" <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Here are the 10 reasons why floppies continue to rule!
> (Snip)
> 
> > There are people that still have Ford Model-T's, but that is not a 
> > sufficient reason for every car manufacture to include a hand 
> > crank on today's cars, just so that hand cranks will still be 
> > available for Model-T owners.
> 
> ***   Your point is a good one, but It would be reason if enough
> people demanded them. I often hear laments from people buying new
> computers that they don't have floppy drives. Many people have
> backlogs of them and friends often show up with them.

Backlogs of floppy drives?  :-)

Anyway, there are external floppy drives available, which you easily
connect to your modern computer's USB port.  You can at least read
your 3.5" floppies that way.   5.25" floppy readers are a bit harder
to attach to a modern PC, and 8" floppy readers are harder still.

>> There are always people that still have older equipment and there 
>> may even be a business reason for some businesses (a print shop 
>> for example) to cater to their needs.  But that is also not a 
>> sufficiently good reason for new equipment to continue to include 
>> Model-T hand cranks.
> 
> ***   The option should be given. Then the consumer can choose.

The option is given: either buy an external floppy drive and connect
to your USB port.  Or buy an internal floppy drive and mount it inside
your desktop computer (laptops probably don't have the space inside).

>> I do not want a floppy disk in my iBook (waste of space that can 
>> be better used for CD, Battery, WiFi, Disk, and other electronic 
>> guts.
>>
>>                                         Bob Harris
> 
> ***   Sure, and they may not be necessary in many laptops, However, I
> often get a variety of storage devices shoved at me when I am on the road
> and am glad I have floppy, CD, and Flash Memory drives on my laptop.
> 
>          Richard Bonner
> http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
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