>Then what WAS the target market for this product. The 7500, 7600, 8500, >9600 whatever are still great machines but the first thing that helps is a >video card. Don't the PCI Blue & White machines already have pretty good >video. I guess the prospective advantages were 2 monitor support (but how >many people run 3 monitors?) and LCD displays. I imagine ATI is a good >company but Orange Micro, SoftRAID, Adaptec, Initio, Ratoc, XLR8, Roxio and >others sure have more user friendly web sites. Yes, support wants you to go >to your OEM vendor (say I get Toast with a LaCie or Yamaha drive or an XLR8 >card from OWC) but intelligent questions to support people are usually >answered-even if I am a "non-retail" customer. This is how we learn stuff.
I standby my statement that ATI screwed up big time with the drivers for this card.There were long running talks in the forums and info posted at xlr8yourmac.com.This included posts from a tech person from ATI who kept saying it will go on sale when it works the way it should or something to that effect. No you can not currently access those forum posts. The forum at xlr8yourmac.com currently has problems with corrupt files leading to many files no longer being available. ATI made it clear they were holding up the card until they were sure they got it right etc.ATI was well aware that older Mac and clones owners were waiting on the release of this card. Why Steve is attacking me here and tried to censor me in private email on this subject is beyond my understanding. I will likely buy one of these cards if and when they provide the expected drivers. I have been very happy with my older ATI rage pro card. Sorry in advance to the group if this post leads to more flames to the group. As stated before I have no intentions of being censored. My opinions based on much reading on the subject are as good as anyones. Will S -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
