Why do computers still have floppy drives?
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Floppy drives still exist for a few reasons.

Quote:The only circumstance that I can see a floppy drive being even remotely useful is for computers that don't have a CD burner and that don't have an internet connection. For the home PC market, that's an incredibly insignificant number. So why are new PCs still equipped with floppy drives? It seems like such a waste to me.
As a canuck from the Big Smoke, I understand why you feel like this but I know personally, several people that fall into this situation.

1. Elementary school children: the computer in school are frequently antiquated, and not connected to the internet. All of a student's work is saved on a floppy issued by the school (often kept at the school, as virus protection proceedure).

2. The low home user; not refering to the quality of the computer but as to the user's understanding of the computer itself. The user just doesn't know how to use email with attachments correctly; and don't even try to explain how FTP works to them.

3. The user is at work, and connected to the internet and prohibited from visiting certain domains, such as hotmail, yahoo, etc.

Now, I know that some of the examples don't seem to coniside with the home market for new computers but the users are the same in both markets. Thus, they want to do things the way they know how not learn something "new" and potentially "unreliable".

Edit: completely forgot this

I used to own a laptop that didn't have floppy drive, nor did it have CD burner. On several occasion, usually when I was out and about, thus, not connected to my home network, I was frequently saying to myself, "I wish this piece of junk had a floppy."
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Why do computers still have floppy drives? - by Chameleon - 05-28-2004, 06:14 AM

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