According to the ZDNET report According to the ZDNET report, in a very long period of time, capacity only poor 1.44M floppy disk, become the main storage medium the vast majority of personal computer, the user does not know the hard disk as it is. However, with the passage of time, a few hundred or even M G hard disk emerged, so only the 1M floppy disk is like a chicken ribs as useless, abandoned also became a question of time.
"Considering the frequent introduction of new technology, the floppy disk has become less and less practical, and basically can not meet any daily needs." The personal computer business department leaders in a statement said.
It is reported, with the proliferation of digital content, pictures and animation file size rapidly, so the floppy disk has been unable to meet the requirements of. On the other hand, the advent of mobile USB, CD disk, memory card and other media storage, floppy disk only good mobility are not selling point. No doubt, the floppy disk is not essential to the marginal product, so a lot of personal computer users in the assembly of new machines, often choose not to install floppy disk drive.
On the other hand, experts said, with the advent of the Internet and wireless technology, the future of small size mobile storage equipment will be abandoned, the user will be directly to the file stored in the network space, and in time of need through the wireless network to download, thereby avoiding the portable storage device. According to statistics, since the 90's of last century, the global market has been shrinking state floppy disk, the disk sales last year only 700000000, while in 1998 this figure had reached 2000000000 taiwan.
In 1971, IBM launched the world's first floppy drive, and in 1981, Sony launched the first 3.5 inch floppy disks, the latter as a standard personal computer industry, and widely spread in the next 20 years.
