''Another cheap PC marketing tactic I hope Apple doesn't fall into with the new generation is a low priced model with a hot CPU that's woefully inadequate in one or two critical areas. The big PC OEMs love to sell cheap boxen running XP Home with only 256megs, or worse, 128megs, onboard video using a chunk of that small amount of RAM, and/or a hard drive with an impressive number of Gigabytes but spinning at only 5,400 RPM. But hey! It has a 2.9Ghz Celeron! (And no AGP or PCI-X slot to upgrade the crappy onboard video, and only 2 or 3 PCI slots, one of which has a 56K software driven modem in.)''
You're right. I own two PCs: one is a PIII at 500 Mhz, and the other is another PIII at 1 Ghz. The performance -should- be greater in the latter one, but that's not what happens. My Epox board (on the PIII 500) has an 2x AGP slot, 5 PCI slots and 2 ISA (those ISA can go down the toilet, I don't need them for nothing), and some expandability. The other simply doesn't. It has a crappy onboard video card (can we call it video card?), onboard sound and LAN. It even has that AMR slot! I wanted to upgrade him, so I bought a PCI Geforce FX5200. Bad choice: the graphics improved, but the bus speed simply makes me nervous. And I got a new HD (it had a 5400 RPM 40 Gb Seagate), a 7200 RPM, 120 Gb Samsung SpinPoint. But the performance didn't show up like I wanted. It really does hibernate faster than the other (and has 512 Mb of RAM), but when I'm starting the computer, playing games like Sims 2, it can turn me into a person with a will to destroy the stupid machine! Sooo, I would really love a Mac with a board like my Epox (but NOT with the Slot 1 processor, of course! ;-) Greets. Manuel Jorge M. Marques _____ [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://manuelmarque.no.sapo.pt -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
