barbarabara 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Do you use floppy discs anymore. My computer (a Vaio notebook) doesn't even have a floppy drive, and I find that inconvenient sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 The only file I have small enough for a floppy is my timesheet... Have a little usb floppy drive for my G4 just to update my timesheet for personnel, annoying how behind some departments are! Floppys are too small, too slow, and a real throwback to an era we all wish we could forget Link to post Share on other sites
barbarabara 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Author Share Posted July 17, 2003 I wasn't saying I LIKED floppy discs. It is just inconvenient when a large number of people still do, and it becomes an issue when they give me one of their discs and I can't use it. Thats all. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 It would be good to have a national 'Death to Floppy' day. Everyone moves all of their floppy data to somewhere else, anywhere else, then recycles them into wellington boots. Them still being around is a right pain sometimes, well, pretty much anytime they magically appear and someone expects you to get the data off it... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I had literally hundreds of floppy disks from when I was a teacher. I just threw them all away the other day. If I'd known you would make them into wellington boots, I'd have sent them to you (by 'chakubarai'). (I used to have to teach Japanese civil servants to use Macs, and they were given one floppy to keep their stuff on. In every class, there was always one student who unknowingly inserted the paper label straight into the drive, stuck by surface attraction to the bottom of the disk. This was generally less amusing than the woman who tried to drag the mouse over the screen to make the cursor move...) Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Floppies are dead! and good riddance, I read an article that said floppy drives are being phased out and the new standard is USB memory sticks, far more convenient and useful Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 R.I.P. The Floppy disk is DEAD! And good riddance. CDRs are so cheap it is just easier to burn something really quick. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Agreed they're a right pain. But the fact is lots of people still use them. Most of my colleagues do..... Link to post Share on other sites
gorilla 0 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 I'm gonna have to take a few hours, copy my data on hundreds of old discs and then throw the things away as well. It has to be done. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Are you talking about the 3 1/2 inch or those bigger older ones that are actually floppy. The 3 1/2 have there place I think. they are good for word files, virtually indestructable and make good coasters when your in need. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 It's people like you, ILIVETOSKI, that keep us in the dark ages!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I still have to use them for work sometimes, and also because my CD drive is poked. Long live the floppy. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 come on now. You can save a couple jpegs on them and when you get upset can use it as a throwing star pick it up and it still works. Not like a CD where you have to protect them like its your first born. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 i hate floppy disks. i dont think my computer likes them much either. makes a nice grinding sound whenever i put one in. i always used to get the metal bit stuck in the disk drive. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Nearly 500 floppy discs - just counted the buggers. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 remember the 5 inch ones that went with the C 64? they were pretty floppy! Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Very floppy. I've decided to get rid of all mine too. Saving all that useless info from them all will probably take a week! Link to post Share on other sites
HotMagma 0 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 I remember when I was amazed that Windows 3.1 needed 3 (was it 3) discs! I thought it must be such an amazingly HUGE impressive piece of software Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 The true beauty of viruses is that they teach you that your valuable data is just a millstone around your neck. I recommend you throw away your floppies without a second thought for the data on them. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 How long have Vaios been withour floppys then? Is this a new trend?* Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Last year I counted all my old floppy discs - I had nearly 600 of them! They are all now in floppy disc heaven with the info on a couple of CDs. Link to post Share on other sites
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