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Introduction
Tired
of all 1.44 MB floppies on which you can’t store your MP3s, documents,
videos and other huge things? If so you surely have to buy a ZIP 250
drive! The disks used by this drive can contain the equivalent of 170
traditional floppies! Since the introduction of ZIP drives in 1996, Iomega
has sold millions of products around the world and its ZIP format has
became a kind of standard used by computer professionals as well as home
users. Unlike the LS120 drives or the ghostly Sony HiFDD 200 MB drive, a
ZIP 250 drive is already bundled with many computers: one more proof of
its standardization. Iomega has recently added a new model to is line of
ZIP 250 drives: the ZIP 250 USB Host Powered. This new ZIP drive that uses
USB connection is slightly faster than the old parallel port model, and is
intended to all of you who need to transfer, store or exchange files on
the run, while using those large capacity ZIP disks of 250 MB. The main
new feature of this model is that it doesn’t need any AC-Adapter! Here is
our review of this great addition for every PC.
Features List
Here are
the key features of the
Iomega ZIP
250 USB Host Powered drive:
- Ultra-thin, mobile
design.
- Compatible with USB-enabled
PC and Macintosh systems.
- Requires MacOS 8.1 or
higher, or Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows
2000 or Windows NT 4.0.
- Hot plug and play,
except Windows NT 4.0.
- Up to 900KB/sec
transfer rate.
- Includes IomegaWare™
2.8 with the latest software advancements from
Iomega
- Compatible with both
100MB and 250MB Zip disks.
- Compatible with more
than 150 million 100MB Zip disks shipped to date.
- Competitively price at
$179.95 (estimated street price).
Setup
Installing the
Iomega
ZIP 250 USB
Host
Powered
on a
Windows computer is really a child’s game: under Windows Me you simply
have to plug the nice transparent USB cable from the ZIP to the computer.
Then Windows will instantly recognize this new device and you can start
using it right away
without the need to install drivers.
Indeed
the
ZIP 250 USB
Host
Powered
drive
is
natively
supported by Windows 98SE, Me,
2000 and XP.
Under
Windows 95b or Windows NT 4 you'll have to install specific drivers (provided
with the drive) so the drive can be used.
First Look
First
you have to know that the ZIP 250 USB drive is totally compatible with ZIP
100 disks while offering at the same time a higher reading speed for old
ZIP disks: so you can continue to exchange ZIP disks with users that have
Zip 100 drives. However note that ZIP 100 owners can’t read ZIP 250
floppies. The look of the new Iomega ZIP 250 USB model is wonderful and it
seems that Iomega has adopted the ‘iMac’ like design since the whole shell
of the product is blue transparent. The sides of the drive have got rubber
part to better hold it while on the top of the drive a small transparent
part allows you to read the name of the disk you have inserted. Iomega
didn’t forget users on the go since the drive is very small: only 1cm of
thickness and 15.3 ounces. Since this host-powered model doesn’t require
an AC adapter anymore to operate, you can definitely bring the ZIP drive
where you want by simply sliding it in your pocket! On the road, users
will literally fall in love with this enhancement that’ll lighten their
suitcase weight! If the drive is small, it remains very stable due to the
four rubber pads stuck under the drive. Note that the stylish design of
the ZIP 250 USB model features a big ZIP logo engraved under the top of
the transparent shell. When you insert a ZIP disk into the drive the eject
button will be lighten in green and when you read stuff on the drive the
green light starts to blink in order for you to monitor ZIP activities.
![](images/ZIP250HPsmall.jpg)
Iomega ZIP 250 USB Host
Powered (click to enlarge)
Finally the latest neat thing of the Zip 250 USB Host Powered is the new
design of the ZIP disks: indeed as you’ll see below, the disk provided
with the drive is now rounded at the bottom with a small grip holder while
the shell is all blue, making it much more stylish. These new high tech
ZIP disks are soberly named “Titanium” and thankfully work perfectly with
every ZIP 250 drive of the inception (from USB, FireWire, SCSI to parallel
port ones!).
![](images/newzipdisksmall.jpg)
New Iomega Titanium ZIP 250
Disk (click to enlarge)
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