Exactly. for me they were an expensive curiosity. 100 or even 20 bucks back then wasn’t exactly chump change. If you did have a computer, it was much cheaper to just use a burner or even a pile of floppies which were dirt cheap and reliable. I only really saw them somewhat frequently at university. When i could afford them, they felt well-made but performance was terrible and the disks and devices failed after only a few months… even the stupid external burner. By then the competition was eating their lunch anyway.
Exactly. for me they were an expensive curiosity. 100 or even 20 bucks back then wasn’t exactly chump change. If you did have a computer, it was much cheaper to just use a burner or even a pile of floppies which were dirt cheap and reliable. I only really saw them somewhat frequently at university. When i could afford them, they felt well-made but performance was terrible and the disks and devices failed after only a few months… even the stupid external burner. By then the competition was eating their lunch anyway.