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When will the floppy disk die?  

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  1. 1. When will the floppy disk die?

    • Next 6 months
      7
    • Next Year
      8
    • Next 2-3 years
      27
    • Within 5 years
      25
    • Never
      36
    • Floppy?
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I like them, so I hope they don't die. When USB storage is as cheap as a floppy (I don't care about cost per megabyte, I mean the money out lay) then I will be happy to switch.

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I like them, so I hope they don't die. When USB storage is as cheap as a floppy (I don't care about cost per megabyte, I mean the money out lay) then I will be happy to switch.

My money outlay for storage (school use) this year: $35

What it would have cost me to do the same with floppies: $5 x 10, doubled for reduced productivity

USB: $35, Floppies: $100

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Can you boot a PC from a USB storage device?

Floppys are just to easy to use :p

Yes you can boot from a USB storage device but this is far from universal.

Can you boot a PC from a floppy disk? Not really anymore. Most hard drives use NTFS these days.

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probably never, every computer i've built i've included a floppy drive. up until the latest computer I built for my self, figured i havent used them in a while, so no point in taking the time to put it in. (yes i know it takes 10 seconds to put it in, but still)

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Most likely by the time Longhorn is released. By then, using floppies will be futile and Microsoft will just have the option to boot from a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM! Using 6 boot floppies for XP is retarded and many people will be saving documents that will be too large to fit onto a floppy! So I chose within 2 or 3 years. ;)

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