--- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You have a Q700 yourself or a IIci? > > I've got both. The Q700 is rather limited with RAM > expansion because > it only has 4 simm slots to fill. Considering the > fact that it is > very hard to get 8 mb or higher 30 pin simms for > this model and I'm > not planning to spend any money on memory, I'm stuck > with 20 mb > maximum (that's including the 4 mb on board. The > IIci has 8 simm > slots, allowing 32 mb (8x4 mb).
So it's 3 NuBus slots and 8 SIMM slots VS 2 NuBus and 4 SIMM. Now why in Job's name would anyone want a Q700? All it has going for it is the 040 CPU and built in Ethernet. If you're looking to upgrade from a fully packed IIci you have to leave off half your SIMMs and one NuBus card. Not too big a hurt if one's an Ethernet card. But what if you have a video card, a video capture card and a SCSI card like a Jackhammer? That puts the Q700 right out of contention! I wish I knew what Apple was thinking when they hobbled the Q700's expandability like that. :P Now an 040 in the II/IIx/IIfx case with six NuBus slots, 16 SIMM slots, built in 24bit video with dedicated VRAM, built in Ethernet, fast SCSI II, 16bit 44Khz stereo audio in and out, THAT woulda been a real killer Mac. ;) And it probably would've cost $10K just like the IIfx did to start with. ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
