No More Floppy disks from 2011 says Sony

April 27, 2010

It is The time to say RIP Floppy! Sony decides to end its Floppy Business forever with effect from the year 2011.

The First Floppy was Introduced in the year 1971 by IBM. Sony was The Firm to Introduce the First Ever 3.5 inch (9cm) Floppy in 1981. “We are Stopping the production of The thirty year Old Storage device(floppy) from 2011″ said an Employee of Sony.

The Death of floppy started when Apple decided not to have a floppy drive in its G3 iMac computer in the Year 1998.

The Other Giants like Dell in the year 2003, had stopped the support for floppy drives.. PC World, the Computer Store stopped selling Floppy in 2007. The First Manufacturer of 3.5 Inch Floppy now decides to Stop its production by 2011. Not Surprisingly, Floppy’s Fate is due to the effect of Online Storage and USB Portable devices.

When did you last use a Floppy Disk ! :) ? Let us Know, by Commenting below

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    • http://blapts.com Shaquille Ray

      The last time i used my floppy was today. I forgot to bring my USB to TAFE so bought one from a vending machine for $1.00 hehehe
      .-= Shaquille Ray´s last blog ..Create A Site For Free (yola.com) =-.

    • http://maxroofingproducts.com John roofing products

      The first floppy disks were developed by IBM in 1971 to help consumers save data, documents and pictures in a portable format.
      .-= John roofing products´s last blog ..Asphalt Roofing Cost vs. Metal Roofing Costs =-.

    • Gautam A.D.

      The last time i used floppy was back in the year 2008. Its kinda sad watching floppy drives fade away from the market.

    • http://www.techbusy.org abhi

      It will remind me about my old days. :)

    • http://www.whitehatandroid.com shekhar sahu

      Why not from 2010?
      This will prevent some pollution and carbon footprint.
      I never used that.
      .-= shekhar sahu´s last blog ..IBM Scientists Create World’s Smallest 3D MAP, Invention of Low Cost Nanopatterning Device =-.

    • http://www.geekisfreak.com Sukhjit Singh

      I don’t remember the last time I used floppys! BTW Do people still use floppy?

    • http://www.technicalstatus.com fareed

      floppy disk is going to history
      .-= fareed´s last blog ..Backlinking Your Way To Online Success =-.

    • http://www.vipinonline.com Vipin George

      The last time I used floppy was back in the year 2006, to rev up an old IBM ThinkPad .

      • http://chaaps.com Chethan Thimmappa

        Nice Memories Vipin :p

    • ensignX10

      I’m using one right now. lol Useful for a custom boot loader.

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