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Originally posted by arch13
Oddly, never. There a fixture of the computer landscape that only the zip drive at one point came close to replacing. Their universal, less wastefull than cdr's and able to cross tech gaps between the first, second, and third world countries. Every computer in the world (think globally, not the US) has a floppy drive. Some of this world is still lags behind by 5-6 years if your lucky, and many poorer countries have few computers with newer tech specs.
But there will always be the 3.5 floppy
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Floppies are already on the outs. I work for a reseller and we ship out PC's to businesses all the time that no longer have a floppy drive. Its part of slimming down computers. As PC cases get smaller and smaller, I think this trend will continue. Maybe not in the consumer market, but I see this happening for business PC's everyday.
And yes you can boot from a USB drive. Personally I wish they would keep floppies. Its can be a pain in the ass if you are trying to diagnose some hardware problems and a PC doesn't have a floppy drive.