Re: Who still uses floppies these days?

[Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us>]

In article <1147621134_13641@sp6iad.superfeed.net>,
 "Bible John" <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Presently I work in a printing shop.  Everyknow and then a customer will 
> drop by a business card, letterhead, or whatever on a floppy disk.  This is 
> not often (CD and USB flash rule) but I most definately get more floppies 
> than zips. In the 3 months I've been working there I have received probably 
> no more than 10 floppies, and not a single Zip disk.
> 
> Then I am wondering who is still using floppies these days?  I visit aa 
> local retail store, and I've seen 10 large boxes of 100 floppies that just 
> sit on the shelf. They've been there for months and people are not buying 
> them.
> 
> On my old PC laptop I have no choice but to use floppies, since it cannot 
> use any USB flash drive.  So when I want a document to travel from my old 
> laptop, to ibook, and then to XP desktop, it must be on a floppy.  So for 
> that reason, I bought a USB drive for my ibook. Sure Wifi is cute, but then 
> again a hub would cost more than a floppy drive, and besides some people in 
> some locations do not have broadband Internet.  This is not my case, as I'd 
> rather not surf tthe Internet 24/7, which would be what would happen if I 
> installed a Wifi network.
> 
> I did some research and discovered a company that specializes in floppies.
> 
> http://www.floppydisk.com/floppy-disc.html
> 
> I read this
> 
> We process thousands of floppy discs each day...
> 
> Who uses that many floppies?
> 
> Here are the 10 reasons why floppies continue to rule!
> 1. Writeable and Rewriteable in seconds.
> 
> 2. Highly compatible with millions of computers.
> 
> 3. With no hole in the center, they make better coasters.
> 
> 4. Very inexpensive.
> 
> 5. Available in lots of colors.
> 
> 6. Easy to label with custom information.
> 
> 7. Duplicated in seconds not weeks.
> 
> 8. Easy to recycle.
> 
> 9. Content is a manageable size.
> 
> 10. Great people like us still sell them!
> 
> 
> So are you guys buying from this company?  I mean if I had the need I would, 
> but the 50 pack of floppies I bought a year ago still seems to be going 
> strong.  I have about 10 disks remaining, so I may need to buy another 50 
> pack soon here. I like the colors.
> 
> 
> 
> John

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.

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.

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.

I think my personal computer needs are more typical of the average 
user today.  If anyone wants a floppy, USB attached drives are 
available.  Feel free to get one when you decide to upgrade your 
PC laptop one day.

That was fun.

                                        Bob Harris