> I agree with both opinons. Peter is right in that it would be killer to
> have access to PCI slots in a tower case. Maybe they could make an
> interface for those external PCI chassis that Steve uses as a reason to
> limit the G4 to 3 PCI slots...
> The drive bays aren't such a big deal because of external firewire/USB
> devices.
It's a big deal for me. FireWire drives have dismal performance compaired to
IDE, and LVD-SCSI leaves them both in the dust. USB is just an ADB replacment
in my eyes, only good for keyboards and tablets and such.
> But then your TiBook ends up looking like the PC in the old
> iMac commercial: Cables **EVERYWHERE!** I think that this would be too
> much of a technical hassle for an admittedly small market.
Uhhh, My 2400c has a load of big fat cables hanging out the end when I use
it at home: SCSI, ADB, Power, ix3D Road Rocket video card, and an ethernet
card. It annoying as all heck.
The back of my G4 is worse. Two FireWire cables, audio out and in, two
monitors, two SCSI (Ultra Narrow and LVD-UltraWide SCSI) When I bundle all
the cables together, they are thicker that a soda can is arround.
If I could go down to one computer, one cable mess, one system to maintain
I would be very happy, and I could get so much more work done.
> The WOW factor
> alone would be incredible, though. Think of a TiBook (subnotebook version,
> of course) that could dock up to a tower with CD-RW/DVD-RAM, Killer Video
> card, Ultra SCSI LVD with a huge 10,000RPM HD, a zip, Cinema display,
> external keyboard and mouse! Now that is a machine to lust over. Imagine
> the PC world trying to play catch-up. (Of course, maybe no one would buy
> one?
It would be marketed to the Mobile Professional that also spends alot of
time working at a desk with equipment that isn't mobile. (And just because my
half-rack of VTRs and patch bays has wheels dosn't meen it it's mobile :-)
> Basically, PCCard slots eliminate the problem of no PCI slots (more or
> less...) An external firewire PC Card slot would be killer, though.
Nope. One card slot is kinda usless when I'm at my desk. Just like with my 2400c
I can either have fast video or ethernet or Fast SCSI. Very annoying.
> I think that the G4 cube would be on my desk if it had two PCMCIA
> slots! My only qualm is that it has **zero** expansion options.
The Cube need to drop in price more and become the monitorless high end iMac.
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