On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Peter Payne wrote:
> > Here's my question about the cube: Why didn't they put PCMCIA slots into
> > this thing? That is the one thing that would keep me from buying it. No
> > expansion. zero. none, nada. Even the freakin' Mac SE has an expansion
> > slot. I don't need PCI slots, but I might want to add something down the
> > road to this machine. I don't know what yet, but that's the whole
> > point! Come to think of it, the iBook doesn't have PCMCIA, either. Heck,
> > even the crappy presario notebooks from Compaq have PC card slots.
>
> Well, remember that virtually everything except for the possibility of
> graphics are already perfect on the Cube, and everything else is accessible
> via Firewire or USB. Scanners...storage... The only thing you can't do is
> throw three 40 GB EIDE hard drives in it, as I've done with my G4 tower.
> But it's a nice machine, and so pretty ^_^ Think of it, the svelte of a
> Twentiesty Anniversary Mac (which I have one of) with the power of a G4!
I agree with you that the cube is not lacking anything right now. (for
those people whose needs fit the cube's intended mission) However, the
whole Idea behind expansion options is that you never know what you might
want to put in it in the future. Fact is that most expansion slots are
never used at all. However, when I bought my PowerTower, there was no
chance that I was going to use all eight RAM slots and six PCI
slots. However, I'm glad I have them, for who would have thought I would
end up with Firewire and USB in that machine? Maybe I'll put a Tempo IDE
controller in so I can buy cheaper hard drives. Not to mention my TurboTV
which saved me from having to buy a television in college.
Who knows what we will be dying to put in the cube in three years'
time. That's one of the reasons that the 2400 is even viable
today. Upgradable CPU and PCMCIA slots. Now you can have a 320MHz G3 2400
with Firewire, ethernet and USB (but not at the same time....).
That's my $0.02, anyway,
Tom
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