To: Mark Palmberg who wrote (21786 ) 1/5/1999 1:48:00 PM From: Linda Kaplan Respond to of 213173
Notes from Steve Riggins (posted with his permission): four surprises new dekstop powermacs 1.6 million power mac G3s over last 18 months four goals most powerful pc up to 400mhz use copper technology 200 mhz cache 100 mhz xbus photoshop test on 450mhz compaq vs 400mhz g3 50% faster than the PC! best graphics ATI Rage 128 16 megs memory Rage Pro 36 fps voodoo 2 PII 450 50 fps Rage 128 68 fps Demoed Dark Vengence faster than COmpaq presario with Voodoo2 Mac 55FPS, Compaq 45 3D graphics library Apple has licensed OpenGL from SGI and will be integrated into MacOS in future releases and be STANDARD 3D API in MacOS! SGI will be making their flat panel display for the Mac! most exapndable A gig of memory 100 gigs of disk storage inside the case 3 int drives, BTO 36 gig IBM drives IO Ports Use industry standards 10/100 mbit ethernet BTO GiGABIT ethernet USB only, no serial Firewire Ultra ATA internal drives $50 SCSI card VST will sell 6GB fireire wdrive, gets power from bus, hot plug and play, disk mounts on desktop automatically and then HOT UNPLUG WHILE MOVIE WAS PLAYING FROM DRIVE and movie just stops, no crash! HALF INCH THICK 6GB DRIVE IN JUNE best design All new displays look like iMacs the 21" monitor looks at light in room and auto adjusts for colors, $1499 17" trinitron $499 15" flat panel 1099 Prices 1599!!!!!!!!!!! for 300 mhz tower! $2999 for top of the line standard config 400 mhz G3! The case: Well if you thought the iMac was different, you have to see this case. Its the most amazing, easy to open machine I have ever seen. This is the kind of tower you want ON the desk so people can see it! AND AVAILABLE TODAY! four surprises new dekstop powermacs 1.6 million power mac G3s over last 18 months four goals most powerful pc up to 400mhz use copper technology 200 mhz cache 100 mhz xbus photoshop test on 450mhz compaq vs 400mhz g3 50% faster than the PC! best graphics ATI Rage 128 16 megs memory Rage Pro 36 fps voodoo 2 PII 450 50 fps Rage 128 68 fps Demoed Dark Vengence faster than COmpaq presario with Voodoo2 Mac 55FPS, Compaq 45 3D graphics library Apple has licensed OpenGL from SGI and will be integrated into MacOS in future releases and be STANDARD 3D API in MacOS! SGI will be making their flat panel display for the Mac! most exapndable A gig of memory 100 gigs of disk storage inside the case 3 int drives, BTO 36 gig IBM drives IO Ports Use industry standards 10/100 mbit ethernet BTO GiGABIT ethernet USB only, no serial Firewire Ultra ATA internal drives $50 SCSI card VST will sell 6GB fireire wdrive, gets power from bus, hot plug and play, disk mounts on desktop automatically and then HOT UNPLUG WHILE MOVIE WAS PLAYING FROM DRIVE and movie just stops, no crash! HALF INCH THICK 6GB DRIVE IN JUNE best design All new displays look like iMacs the 21" monitor looks at light in room and auto adjusts for colors, $1499 17" trinitron $499 15" flat panel 1099 Prices 1599!!!!!!!!!!! for 300 mhz tower! $2999 for top of the line standard config 400 mhz G3! The case: Well if you thought the iMac was different, you have to see this case. Its the most amazing, easy to open machine I have ever seen. This is the kind of tower you want ON the desk so people can see it! AND AVAILABLE TODAY! For all my PC friends, Apple is listening. Cheaper machines, AMAZING quality and performance built right in, cutting edge technology, amazing performance, more and more standards and compatibility with PCs. You have to admit, the Mac is Back! Steve For all my PC friends, Apple is listening. Cheaper machines, AMAZING quality and performance built right in, cutting edge technology, amazing performance, more and more standards and compatibility with PCs. You have to admit, the Mac is Back! Steve