Dell Computer said Wednesday it will stop putting the drives in its desktop computers next month and offer them only as an option. Newer storage devices can hold far more data, at a competitive price, ...

Like vinyl records and eight-track tapes, floppy drives are slowly succumbing to the march of technology. Dell Computer Corp., one of the world's largest computer makers, said Wednesday it will stop ...

The floppy drive is heading toward extinction at Dell Computer. Later this month, the PC maker plans to drop the floppy as standard equipment on one of its Dimension desktops. Dell, which nixed ...

We knew it had to happen sooner or later: an x86 OEM has decided that it’s time to put the old 1.44MB floppy drive (aka, Floppy Jr.) to rest. Dell will only be putting floppy drives in their Dimension ...

Data storage mechanisms have come a long way since IBM proudly introduced the first "memory disk" in 1971. By the end of the '70s, a number of manufacturers were churning out 5.25-in. floppy disks.