On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 03:58 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> Didn't we just talk about this?
Not being on the list I didn't get in on that one ;).
> Anyway, pros and cons: 7300 has no video in/out, 7600 does.
I don't need AV. I proudly own a Quadra 840av. IMHO the finest AV
platform ever made (for it's time). It still shoot holes in many modern
systems, certainly for sound processing. I am going to play with the
video over Easter recess. It also doubles as my, rather large, alarm
clock :). I'd buy an 8500 to go with it but I HATE the case. I'm sure,
from what I gathered last time I was on this list, everyone else does
too!
> Out of the box, the 7300 has a faster CD-ROM (IIRC).
> Different power supply in the 7300; the 7600 can use the 7200-7500-7600
> PS.
But AFAIK 7300s are much more common so finding a PSU shouldn't be *too*
difficult right?
> Most people describe the 7300 as more stable (as a proud 7300 owner, I
> can
> attest).
Can only be good.
> Both are nice and upgradeable -- I know you don't want to use a G3
> upgrade,
> but I loaded this 7300 out to G3/500+1MB, 352MB RAM, ATI Rage Orion 16MB
> 3D card, ADS USB card, ProTV video capture card, and two SCSI-2 drives
> with
> a total of 22GB -- and that's just inside the unit. It all runs OS 9.1,
> but ...
Well, I don't want to upgrade it *yet* as I don't have the funds. I will
eventually G3 it when money allows it. It's a pretty big jump though and
it'll never be as fast as, say, as B&W. Is the 7300/200 a 50MHz bus
machine?
> I would use 8.6 if I were you. For one thing, the USB support; for
> another,
> the CarbonLib support.
Yeh, that was the conclusion I came to. I also have a 40GB ATA drive
slung on my Quadra via an ACARD Bridge which, although cool is a bit
wasted, even if it is nice for AV work. Hell I can always buy a 4GB
SCSI drive to replace it. That pretty much eliminates the whole hard
disk space problem, it boots my Quadra fine and is just a tad quieter
than the stock 540LPS. OS X app. cross-compatibility is a great bonus as
I use an iBook with OS X. I may even go nutz and try G3ing it, adding a
Rage 128 and installing OS X on it in the future.
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