1. An external floppy drive is included. 2. Apple forces its customers to spend hundreds more on external floppy drives and USB printer adapters, then expects them to be thankful for the extra expense. 3. Any floppy drive, modem or monitor will work in any system. 4. Besides, floppy drives are deadly slow. 5. Beyond the lack of a floppy drive, my only serious complaint about the iMac has to do with its mouse. 6. A dirty floppy drive can do a number on a disk. 7. A floppy drive may not be state of the art, but no matter what Apple says, almost everyone needs some sort of removable storage device. 8. A floppy drive is optional, but Microsoft and Intel recommend against it because it provides an entry point for viruses and potentially damaging software. 9. A magnet in the floppy drive changes the magnetic state of this material. 10. A. Put the floppy in the drive on the computer, then open the My Computer icon on your desktop, followed by the floppy drive icon. |