Good Uses Comments Cost User Base Durability Stage of tech-life Floppy Diskette 1.3 MB Transfer Slow. Good for system rescue disks. Short shelf-life, not good for archiving. Nearly Obsolete Iomega Zip Drive 100 MB Transfer Backup Slow.
Drives are delicate.
250 MB model coming soon. Not good for archiving. Drives also read floppy diskettes. Good for laptops with limited space. Not yet common.