05-28-2004, 10:34 PM
When I built my computer a year or two ago, I bought a shiny new floppy drive strictly in case I needed to flash BIOS with it. I don't think I've used it, ever. But it cost me about $5 new, shipping included. At that price, it's hard to make a good case against them (other than the bay space they consume, but one can always take the thing back out).
Surely the same can be said for major manufacturers. If it's costing them about $2 plus a minute amount of added labor to put these in, and a large percentage of customers still at least think they might use it for something, it has to be there.
Surely the same can be said for major manufacturers. If it's costing them about $2 plus a minute amount of added labor to put these in, and a large percentage of customers still at least think they might use it for something, it has to be there.