--- Manuel Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello,
Hello. Welcome to our nightmare. ;) > Apple should rethink, because one of the main > reasons people don't buy a Mac > is because it isn't expandable (even the G5 has only > 3 PCI slots, with a GF > 6800 in the PCI-X it only has 2). What happened to > expansion slots? PDS? > Hah! I keep saying Apple needs to pay attention to the "power user" customer. There are folks still hanging onto their 9500/9600 because they really, truely NEED SIX PCI SLOTS. My PC has an ABIT KG7 RAID motherboard and I have most of the slots filled. It'd be the same should I buy a Macintel, assuming Apple has sense enough to send one out the door with at least four free slots in default config with a videocard installed. In the pics released of the x86 Mac development systems, there are only two PCI slots. Video looks like it's in an AGP slot. For PC boxen, that's the kind of junk found at WalMart and $350 Hewlett Packard Pavilion boxes. To convince the mid to high end PC user that buying an x86 Mac is a good idea, Apple will have to make a highly expandable box, as well as the little two slotter. No more repeats of the old pattern of jumping to a new CPU and slashing expansion ability like was done with the move to the 040 (II series with 6 or 3 slots, Q700 with only two) and to the G3. (60x with up to 6 slots, G3 with only 3.) Jumping to the x86 megahertz monsters and at the same time cutting back to a paltry TWO PCI slots is only going to make the PC crowd point and giggle hysterically. It will be total Fandemonium! August (Fri) 5th, (Sat) 6th & (Sun) 7th, 2005 http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
