On Thursday, Sep 12, 2002, at 19:56 Europe/London, George Mogiljansky wrote:
> Sorry, Mark. AFAIK, QE optimizes with 64 MB video Ram, > this QuickSilver (see QS below) has 32 MB. FYI, and this is according to people I know who have spoken to Apple Genius Bar staff, the minimum is 16MB, recommended is 32MB (meaning it makes a big difference on a 32MB AGP card) and anything bigger is just much better. > It's not unusual for Apple to get ahead of itself or > even fall over itself. Over here in N.A., your > employer foots the bill for the latest gewgaws - and > it impresses the clients no end. Indeed, nut it also helps people get their work done faster and more efficiently. > (I suspect the real > work is done in a back office, using older but way > more reliable HW & SW. When deadlines beckon, you > don't use beta anything - and if anything is beta, > it's OSX.) That's not true. 10.0.x sucked, 10.1 was a massive improvement, 10.1.5 was very good and, IMHO 10.2 is finally what OS X should have been. 10.1.5 and 10.2 are as stable as you could ever expect an OS to be, and what is more I think 10.2 is now on a par with Windows XP Pro as far as it's feature set is concerned and what is more it is a good �70 cheaper. > These two QS were gracing the office space of a failed > company (Proxima - produced billing SW). One wonders why they needed 867MHz G4s to write billing software..... I am seeing some of your point here. > Also, shoehorning two G4 CPUs into the same CPU case > won't convince Motorola to re-invest in CPU > development - and IBM's version doesn't allow for > Altivec. Apple have a solution somewhere, it's unlikely they will tell anyone what it is until the day before the launch it but hey.... I know for certain it's NOT IBM's Power4. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- 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>
