Speaking of the topic of expandability, I also find it downright maddening how Apple continues bottlenecking the expandability options. The first Mac I ever even saw in person was the Grape iMac(I'm serious, we used TRS80s and DOS PCs when I was in school), and I hated it because, where was I supposed to put more hard drives and cards? Lo and behold, several years later, I' m typing this message on an Indigo iMac in my office which I picked out. Funny how we change.
Anyway, in the past year, I've had a lot of old Macs come in as donations and I have been testing them and doing the Frankenstein thing to make machines that will be fully stacked. What has amazed me all the way is how limited these things are in the expansion options. I had an LC given to me with a MathCoprocessor, but I had to ditch the MathCo to get the network card in. What a shame. Also, I was trying to set up a server for our FileMaker databases. After trying a number of configurations to get a zip drive in a 6500 and a G3 DT, I finally got tired of the way things were set up and pulled the G3 motherboard to do a conversion into an ATX case, so that I could have more fans and more drive bays. It's a shame, really, but at least I have a tower( not a squat, fat desktop model) that has plenty of fans and lots of room for drives. In all this, I was lamenting that Apple doesn't offer some type of build it yourself kit. If they would make an ATX compatible mobo, with processor installed, and sell those, they'd make a mint. I'd buy one! I know plenty of other people who would too. I guess the only reason this type of thing doesn't happen is because Uncle Steve's pet-peeves keep getting in the way of options. Like his pet-peeve against Palm type devices. Does he have any clue how much I'd be willing to pay for a handheld device that runs a variant of OSX instead of having to shop around in the Palm/Pocket PC market? Oh well, enough complaining... Peace, Todd -- 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/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
