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To: Richard Habib who wrote (25260)	6/27/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Rich, that (uninformed gaffing of the other OS) must be one of your pet peeves. I would have to agree with you that if one is to make comparisons, one should at least look at two sides of the equation. In OS 8.1, which I still use, modifications to monitor resolution, color depth, network file sharing, CD-ROM control, AppleTalk, printer selection, remote access account changes, sound level and sound source are accomplished via the Control Strip. It is a small tab that can be located anywhere along the right or left edge of the monitor's display. Click on it and a strip of buttons with relevant icons appears. Click an icon and a menu of possibilities for action on that function is presented, with the current condition marked by a black dot. Now, perhaps you can answer my question. Why is the four slot limitation such a big deal to power users with two 400 Mbps IEEE 1394 ports staring them in the face as standard equipment? Apple will even sell you two ATI RAGE 128 graphics cards to control two monitors at once, independently. The setup for it is built into the OS. The built in hard drive needs no slot. That still leaves two slots empty. A SCSI card for reverse compatibility cost only $50. That's less than most modems. I jes don' gettit! I'm not trying to compare Wintel hardware to Apple hardware. I'm just trying to bring reason to discourse. The point of the rant seemed to be that Apple was flagging the power users into a forced limitation with the 4 slot Mac. ("at the ranch, graphics are for all practical purposes disenfranchised by a ridiculous pansy line of cute boxes and a three PCI cheat called BW" ...and... "they bloody better come up with a clear as light of the day map for Apple professional users. We need a new box and we want it now!!!") As of right now a four slot 450 Mhz Mac has as standard equipment: • Ultra ATA hard disk or Ultra2 LVD SCSI hard disk with Ultra2 LVD SCSI PCI card • Two additional expansion bays for Ultra Wide SCSI, Ultra2 LVD SCSI, ATA (IDE), Ultra ATA, or ATAPI drives (including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and Zip drives) • Two 400-Mbps FireWire ports • Two 12-Mbps Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports • Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) port • Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45) • Four PCI slots: three 64-bit, 33-MHz slots and one 32-bit, 66-MHz slot dedicated to the ATI RAGE 128 graphics card • Minijacks for 16-bit stereo audio input and output; 44.1-kHz sampling rate With a fat wallet, (And when did a power user not need a fat wallet?) a power user can add his limit of IEEE 1394 compliant drives from Mactell or VST Technologies, and nearly all new digital video cameras do Firewire. My information is at least a month old too, and the field of Firewire devices is expanding. Whare's the BEEF? HerbVic