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Article: ONCE CRUCIAL TO PCS, FLOPPY DRIVE NOW A WASTE OF SPACE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2002
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When's the last time you used that floppy disk drive on the front
of your computer? Once an indispensable feature of the PC, the floppy
drive is now little more than a waste of space.
As often happens, Apple Computer Inc. chairman Steve Jobs saw the
trend coming a long way off. Nearly four years ago, his first iMac
computer dispensed with the floppy altogether, much to the derision
of this columnist, among others.
Jobs made his move too soon. Granted, floppy sales peaked at 5
billion in 1995, and have been falling ever since, and floppies only
hold a measly 1.4 megabytes. Still, back in 1998, the only
alternatives were costly, clunky, and in some cases crummy.
But times change. The PC makers ...