yes, i got a 733 mhz when that was the fastest available, and if i recall correctly it has a full meg of cache on the processor card, i was dismayed when the new faster machines came out and the 733 and others suddenly had only 256k of cache! that's just incredibly stupid. if i ever start really pushing my machine, before i play with clock chipping i've seriously considered upgrading the cache to 4 meg, which the board will reportedly support, although it takes some fancy desoldering and resoldering to accomplish it, and the few times i've unplugged the processor card the connector has terrified me, it's not a great connector, and it has several hundred high speed signal lines going through it, if it were damaged by careless reinsertion it would likely be utterly unrepairable! there are definitely some serious bone heads heading apples design team, at least whoever decides what to include and what features to cut out is really blowing it. apple software is great, they need to work equally hard on making the hardware the best it can be. cache isn't free, but it's allot cheaper than a second processor that will also be starved for cache.
Aaron Willems wrote: > > Too true. O'Well hears hoping for next time. > > Aaron > > on 8/14/02 1:22 PM, Philip Stortz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ouch! that is embarrassing. it's also probably largely due to some of > > apples recent mistakes in design, not using ddr memory, and more ------ -- "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.) -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
