Floppy disk coming soon 'extinct'

After 30 years of sticking to the user, the floppy disk is "disgraced" because of its low capacity and perishability. " The floppy drive is priced at 7 USD, while the lowest capacity USB 7.5 USD has more than 100 times the capacity, " said a customer installing the device at Nhat Quang company.

When new PC models always have an integrated USB drive and a USB memory drive price declines for over a year, customers have more reasons to forget the floppy disk and the attached drive.For example, a 256 MB USB Flash from Transend purchased in May 2005 costs 30 USD and now only 9 USD.If you use a floppy drive, you will have to spend 7 USD for drive and 885,000 for 177 floppy disks to have the same capacity (5,000 VND / disk).

Computers that do not have floppy drives are common. Photo: TH .

Tran Anh's computer store in Giang Vo Street (Hanoi) said that among about 50 computers assembled a day, only 1-2 pieces were installed with floppy drives. Customers installing this device mainly come from rural areas, where people are not familiar with USB.

Soft drive removal trends are common in the world. PC World retailer in the UK has just announced that it will not import new goods when it sells all the remaining items in stock.

The company said 98% of newly assembled computers without a floppy drive and 100% will come in the near future. " Floppy disk technology has become obsolete. Now, when you want to transfer data, people have a lot of means like the Internet, USB .", Bryan Magrath, the company's business director, said.

The floppy disk was first introduced by IBM in 1969 with a very large size (8 inches) and a capacity of 81 KB. By 1987, a smaller (3.5-inch) disk of 1.44 MB appeared and became popular.