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To: Scott Crumley who wrote (10219)	3/26/1998 8:41:00 PM
From: soup	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

>It was my understanding that G3s were configurable with ultra-wide internal SCSIs and up to 384 megs of RAM. Is this unsuitable for graphics, or has this option not existed the full quarter. Since you sell these things for a living, I defer to your judgement.< Scott, 1) The ultra-wide internal SCSIs were only available fairly recently. They're priced at around $4000 and are better suited as servers. For about $1000 less you can get a 9600/300 with the same hard drive, 12 slots for RAM and 6 PCI slots. It's only about 20% slower. Also remember that the G3 is an inexpensive chip and knowledgeable buyers know they can upgrade a 7300/8600/9600 later to a more powerful chip at a much lower price and still have the architecture they want. 2) The desktop 233mhz machine, due to height restrictions will only accept 64MB chips. So if it ships with 32mb and you add two 64mb chips you essentially maxed out the machine at 160mb. soup PS. I recently read that the G3 is meant to replace the low-end 603e line -- intended for laptops and low-end desktops. The upcoming G4 will take over for the high-end 604e. If I was a graphics pro, that's what I'd be holding out for.