Well ... some things just never cease to amaze me.
Does anyone here have the incredibly good fortune to own the very
rare PowerLogix "BlueChip G3 Pismo 900" (yes, that's right, the
sexiest machine Apple ever made can run at 900 MHz) CPU upgrade?
No?
Want one?
Well, ya can't have one. Unless ... read on!
It seems that when the lovely lads at OWC 'absorbed' PowerLogix (whom
I swear made *THE* best CPU upgrades ever -- Sonnet make shite, by
comparison) they merged their CPU upgrade lines, and the only Pismo
upgrade they kept was the NewerTech G4/500 (PPC7510).
BOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOOOOO!!!! *much raining of peanuts and hissing* BOOOOOO!!!!!
Charles Moore mentions the launch of the BlueChips in his MacOpinion
colums
http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/04/04/13/index.html
with a 900 MHz (750FX) and 1 GHz (750GX) available back in late April
of 2004. Obviously *some* of them made it out the door, because
Charles has one, and at least one person bought *two* because he's
selling one on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/cp5hs ... and interestingly
enough, the seller's upgrade features a third chp, the low(er) power
750GL.
Man, my chin hit the floor, bounced four times and ran out the door screaming.
Now, I can kinda understand why OWC decided to not continue the
BlueChips, seeing as they already had the Newertech stuff, and the
fact that the BlueChip 900 was US$349 against the NewerTech G4/500 at
US$279 ... but *SURELY* when they took over they brought in whatever
remained of the BlueChip kits!! If so ...
Hands up all you Pismo addicts who'd like another crack at the
world's fastest Pismo upgrades? I know *I* for one am prepared to pay
the premium, who's with me? Shall we petition the lovely lads at OWC
with a last-chance group order?
Geoffrey
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