[quote] Oh and JD - just from cruising this forum for a few hours I already discoverd YOU are the biggest loser here - Anyone else agree? <hr></blockquote>
See above post for why you are such a loser.
And please note that I play the role of a royale jester here on purpose. Playing a fool and actually being a fool are two different things.
I don't know if the new G5's are coming out in January; however, I'm putting aside a couple of grand just in case. My Power Mac 7500 is getting long in the tooth, even though it's running a G3 at 500MHz with 1/2 a gig of ram.
It play's Unreal Tournament well but its bus speed is too slow and I can't upgrade it beyond a PCI 3dfx Voodoo 5 or ATI Radeon. I hope "uncle Steve" pulls a rabbit out of his hat at SanFrancisco!!!
Don't know what all thse hassle is with those Rev A phobia. The only RevA that really ever sucked was teh B&W G3 Rev A, which had serious data corruption issues if using a slave IDE drive (rendering the drive useless without extra PCI controller card).
The Beige G3 RevA (taht I have) had only RAge 2+ graphics and no master/slave mode, while the rev B and C had Rage Pro and master/slave.
But then again you could get RevC and B Roms to upgrade and get master/slave (taht what I did) and the difference between Rage2+ and RagePro is not important these days anymore, as both chips simply can't cut it anymore. So you have to get a PCI graphics card anyway.
The RevA phobia is nothing more than an overexaggerated overreaction to the frustration of a few who bought a B&W and actually wanted to install their old drive along with the new one...
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See above post for why you are such a loser.
And please note that I play the role of a royale jester here on purpose. Playing a fool and actually being a fool are two different things.
It play's Unreal Tournament well but its bus speed is too slow and I can't upgrade it beyond a PCI 3dfx Voodoo 5 or ATI Radeon. I hope "uncle Steve" pulls a rabbit out of his hat at SanFrancisco!!!
I wont get burned again. RevB for me all the way.
The Beige G3 RevA (taht I have) had only RAge 2+ graphics and no master/slave mode, while the rev B and C had Rage Pro and master/slave.
But then again you could get RevC and B Roms to upgrade and get master/slave (taht what I did) and the difference between Rage2+ and RagePro is not important these days anymore, as both chips simply can't cut it anymore. So you have to get a PCI graphics card anyway.
The RevA phobia is nothing more than an overexaggerated overreaction to the frustration of a few who bought a B&W and actually wanted to install their old drive along with the new one...
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(gonna get a Rev A G5 if they come)