Farewell To the Floppy Disk

s31523 writes "Those of us who have been in the IT arena for a while remember installing our favorite OS, network client, power application, etc. by feeding the computer what seemed an endless supply of 5.25" soft floppy disks. We rejoiced when the hard 3.5" floppies came out, cutting our install media by 1/3. We practically did backflips when the data CD-ROM arrived and we declared: we will never need any other disk than this! It is with sadness that I report the beginning of the end for the floppy: computer giant PC World has announced it will no longer carry the floppy disk once current supplies run out."

Comments

Re:Windows installer requires them

[chrpai]

It's trivial to make a bootable Windows CD that's been slipstreamed with service packs, hotfixes and additional device drivers and unattended configuration settings. Nothing makes you `need` or `require` a floppy to install Windows.

Re:Good Riddance to Bad Coasters!

[Beardo the Bearded]

Sure, if you don't use your computer for computing.

Here's a tip: Next time, save yourself some cash and just buy a console. It's cheaper, there are better games, and you won't have to upgrade next year.

I use my serial and parallel ports just about every day. I use them to work.

Just because you don't want to use it doesn't mean it's useless.