1 Apr
2001
1 Apr
'01
12:44 a.m.
What's so bad about the 6100? My mum has one and it
seems reasonably fast.
Sadly my dad went on some kind of "computer literacy" course (ie. lessons
on how to use proprietory MS products), and insisted on retiring the Mac
in favour of a significantly slower and less reliable PC so that he could
use (and teach my mum to use) W95 instead.
The only bad points about the 6100 are that it uses the
HDI-45 video connector designed for use with their 14" AV monitor, as
well as the AAUI connector for the ethernet. A lot of people don't
like the fact that you have to find the various adapters for
whichever video and ethernet standards you wish to use. Otherwise
it's quite flexible. Last year I traded some parts for a G3 upgrade
for mine and it has a CD-ROM and 1gig HD internally. If I didn't
have the G3 upgrade installed (early Sonnett board not compatible
with PDS cards) I could install either NUBUS of PPC-PDS cards into
it, including Pentium-based PC compatibility cards. It's a very
solid machine though.
Jeff
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