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Iomega Increases the Capacity of MiniMax Drive for Mac® mini Computers

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Iomega Increases the Capacity of MiniMax Drive for Mac® mini Computers

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New Storage Product for Macs Features 500GB of Storage Capacity, FireWire Ports, USB Hub, Backup Solution

SAN DIEGO, December 5, 2006 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data storage and protection, today enhanced its external storage solution for Apple's Mac® mini computers by doubling the capacity of the Iomega® MiniMax™ Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0/FireWire® from 250 GB to 500 GB*.

The stackable Iomega MiniMax Drive keeps the same great features that endeared Mac mini users to the original MiniMax Drive, including a three-port USB 2.0 hub, three FireWire® ports, a smart power switch that powers up and down in tandem with the Mac mini, and an interactive cooling system with thermal probe that automatically regulates fan speed.

The Iomega MiniMax 500GB Drive measures 6.5 inches square and 2 inches tall. It has the same footprint and matches the industrial design of the Mac mini. Its 7200 RPM hard drive with 8MB cache adds 500GB of storage to the Mac mini's internal 60GB or 80GB native capacity. And with Dantz® Retrospect™ backup software included, Mac mini users get hassle-free backup and data recovery to secure their files, photos, songs, and other data. A single MiniMax 500GB drive can save up to 2,000,000 photos, 9,250 hours of music, or 750 hours of video**.

"Iomega's MiniMax Drive is a fun, useful addition to the Mac mini that instantly improves data security along with data storage capacity," said Peter Wharton, vice president of marketing, Iomega Corporation. "The 500GB MiniMax complements the great features of the Mac Mini and creates a versatile platform that can organize and protect any user's digital movies, photography and music. And that's what Mac users really want - more capacity, more security, ease-of-use and a visually attractive product. The new 500GB MiniMax delivers on all of those user preferences."

Compatibility

The Iomega MiniMax 500GB Desktop Hard Drive is compatible with Macintosh G3 or greater (blue and white G3 only), iMac or Mac Mini computer with built-in USB connection and Mac OS 10.2 or above.

The Iomega MiniMax 500GB Drive can also be reformatted for use with Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Home or Professional; instructions included.

Price and Availability

The Iomega® MiniMax™ 500GB Desktop Hard Drive is available for $279.95 (U.S. suggested retail.) from www.iomega.com and select online and Web retailers. The product is currently available in Europe, as well.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega’s product portfolio includes industry leading network attached storage products, external hard drives, and our award-winning removable storage technology, the REV ® Backup Drive. OfficeScreen ®, Iomega’s managed security services, available in the U.S. and select markets in Europe, provides enterprise quality perimeter security and secure remote network access for SMBs, which help protect small enterprises from data theft and liability. To learn about all of Iomega’s digital storage products and managed services solutions, please go to the Web at www.iomega.com. Resellers can visit Iomega at www.iomega.com/ipartner.

NOTE The statements contained in this release regarding the production and distribution of the Iomega MiniMax 500GB Desktop Hard Drive, anticipated product pricing and availability, expected product performance, features and specifications, future applications for the new product and all other statements that are not purely historical, are forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward looking statements are based upon information available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega disclaims any intention or obligation to update any such forward looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the successful completion of product development and testing, market acceptance of, and demand for, the Iomega product, any difficulties encountered in ramping up production or other manufacturing issues, including component availability and pricing, co-development, production, and distribution issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications, dependence upon third party suppliers, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks and uncertainties identified in the reports filed from time to time by Iomega with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Iomega's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10 K.

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*1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.
** highly compressed 3-megapixel JPG photos (4 photos/MB); 128Kbps MP3 audio (1.1 min/MB); DVD MPEG at 720x480 resolution (11MB/Min.)

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