I would recommend a CD/R or DVD/RAM. The cost will be offset by the cheaper media. If you have lots of zip disks, you know what I mean. Plus, Zip disks tend to NOT be a reliable archival storage medium. Seems I throw away a few disks a year because of repeated corruption problems, the click of death, etc... I'm waiting for my G4 with DVD-RAM. Word has it that you use it just like any other disk storage medium. No burning sessions, etc. Plus, each disk holds over 5 gig. I think the disks are around $40 each, but just one gives you a lot of storage. That's my $.02. -ScottK