On 22/01/03 13:10, "Stephen Bright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> That's probably because the current shipping laptops have often more >> powerful video cards than most desktop.... > > But all laptops have non-upgradeable video cards, so Pismo owners like > myself have no way to get a 16MB video card or better. I just thought the > pcmcia slot might me able to accommodate video upgrades, which every pbook > would want eventually, I would think, (unless you buy a new one every 2 or 3 > years). I hear you, Stephen. I'm in the same boat with my Pismo. Still, the current laptops have more than adequate internal video cards. Granted, older PowerBook like Pismos, iBooks, etc., could benefit from a better video card. However, this is a closed market, there are no more Pismo being made, and I'm sure that there are a few that are retired every year. So, you end up with too small of a market to be economically feasible. Plus, one of the reason I've read that AirPort Extreme cards wouldn't be available for older PowerBooks was that the PCMCIA bus wouldn't be able to meet the increased requirements for speed and the amount of data to shuffle around. If you were to make larger video card, supporting higher resolutions, or more depths, that would mean more data to quickly move around. That too, could possibly a dead end with a PCMCIA bus. Just a thought. -Laurent. -- =========================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************* Usual disclaimers apply ************************* coaster n.: 1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the coaster-like shape of a CD, and the relative value of these failures. "I made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD." 2. Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$, Prodigy, ad nauseam. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
