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Cage72
11-09-2003, 06:39 PM
I Was wondering if 3.5" Floppy Disk drives are slowly but surely on the way out or are they here to stay and will be and integral part of a PC?
TheFilePirater
11-09-2003, 06:44 PM
ahhh good ol floppy, i remeber when you could back up your whole hard drive on a floppy....i suppose floppys are getting out of date...but its not really digital so they do wear out, like if you were to access it data like 50 times a day it would die out
nostalgia
11-09-2003, 07:16 PM
They're on their way out. It happens more often that I see brochures of complete PC's without the good old floppy drive.
MadDog-2000
11-09-2003, 07:25 PM
Yeah, Floppies will soon be ancient technology. USB sticks, CompactFlash and other digital chip storage technologies are now becoming very popular. Even now, you don't really need floppies anymore, most motherboard's BIOS can be updated with CDs or USB flash drives. You can even buy ultra-compact PCs that run an 8 MB modified version of Windows 98, stored on a compact flash card.
todzuallen
11-09-2003, 07:58 PM
yeah I'd say they are on the way out but my sister was gonna get a computer without one, but I said she should get one because well most people don't have an alternative other than a cd drive. Also I need it because at my school some of the computers only have floppies.
clocker
11-09-2003, 08:03 PM
Hasta la vista.

Sayanora.

Ciao.

Au revoir.

See 'ya later, baby.

Goodbye and good riddance.

Don't call us, we'll call you.


Don't gots one, don't wants one.

Clunky technology, no good reason to have one.
nostalgia
11-10-2003, 06:55 PM
Originally posted by clocker@9 November 2003 - 20:03
Hasta la vista.

Sayanora.

Ciao.

Au revoir.

See 'ya later, baby.

Goodbye and good riddance.

Don't call us, we'll call you.


Don't gots one, don't wants one.

Clunky technology, no good reason to have one.
eeehh, you forgot 'tot ziens maar weer' :lol:
nanotek
11-10-2003, 07:01 PM
Originally posted by clocker@9 November 2003 - 20:03
Hasta la vista.

Sayanora.

Ciao.

Au revoir.

See 'ya later, baby.

Goodbye and good riddance.

Don't call us, we'll call you.


Don't gots one, don't wants one.

Clunky technology, no good reason to have one.
u also forgot Auf Wiedersehen :D
clocker
11-10-2003, 08:05 PM
I didn't forget either of those two, guys.

I just couldn't spell 'em properly.
zinc1
11-10-2003, 08:34 PM
Originally posted by clocker@10 November 2003 - 20:05
I didn't forget either of those two, guys.

I just couldn't spell 'em properly.
Well answered :lol: :lol:

Deffinately the Floppy is dissapearing,another few years time our children will be asking ,
What are floppies dad,Is that what you were on your feet in the night :lol: :lol:
clocker
11-10-2003, 08:40 PM
I was gonna put a floppy drive in my new rig, but I realized that then I would have to install kerosene lanterns, too.

And I really just didn't have the room for both.
Kunal
11-10-2003, 08:52 PM
Originally posted by clocker@10 November 2003 - 20:40
kerosene lanterns
wtf?!!?! :huh:
_John_Lennon_
11-11-2003, 01:55 AM
I believe Dell has started phasing out Floppy on their systems, they now come as options, and isntead you get a 32MB flash drive?

Anyone else remember hearing about that?
peat moss
11-14-2003, 03:15 AM
Im sorry but i my an old Dinasour but we have 3 computers in our house with 4 little ones. So i swear by them ,just you know transfering small files and pics
clocker
11-14-2003, 02:44 PM
Sorry.

I couldn't resist.
foot loose
11-14-2003, 09:05 PM
hey cage72 this thead was my idea ;) ;)

u just posted it b 4 me :D
SciManAl
11-14-2003, 09:24 PM
hehehee, but what about boot disks??? :wacko: ??? NO IT IS ALL COMING TO AND END OHH noe the world is coming to an end


hehehehehehe :P

I still used them, but idon't see them in the future pc... AND NO NOT ZIPS EITHER! :rolleyes:


hehehe :ph34r: