On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 01:34 PM, Will S wrote:
> 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
Will, I'm not attacking you, or trying to censor you. What I don't like
is your attacking a company when you have no factual basis for your
attacks.
There is no reason that ATI should support OS X on legacy Macs. Apple
doesn't (and probably pressures vendors not to as well, but that's just
supposition), and it would not be a very profitable market.
Running around posting that ATI is making defective cards, or screwing
up with the drivers is simply foolish. The cards work as advertised, and
work well in supported configurations. That would be, as has been on
ATI's spec sheet from the beginning, PCI Macs running 8.6 and 9.x. The
only machines that they have ever officially stated that they support OS
X on are Blue & Whites and later.
Now, as it happens, I also follow the xlr8 forums and read the posts
from the ATI rep ("Armand", IIRC) who was posting there. The only time I
saw any posts about ATI supporting OS X on legacy Macs, it was in a
speculative manner, with some helpful suggestions for those who were
trying - that's where I picked up the idea to copy the ATI ROM Xtender
to the OSX extensions folder.
Not once did I see a post promising that ATI was working on drivers for
older Macs running OS X.
So ATI has delivered the cards. They work in the machines that are
supported. Where, then, did ATI screw up, or produce a defective card?
And I don't want your opinions, I want facts. I don't care how upset you
are personally that their card doesn't function as you think it should,
or your opinion on how ATI should be running their company.
And if you can not justify your opinions, then please stop slagging ATI.
Talk about them all you want, but just cease the slander about defective
cards and screwed-up drivers. That's all I want.
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