31 Jan
1999
31 Jan
'99
9:18 a.m.
Sam Wrote:
Nope, ADB was an afterthought to support one or more of the monitors. Use
of an ADB KB and/or mouse is apparently not recommended and there have
been stories of problems related to the use of same.
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Max Eskin wrote:
> > Have you all seen the latest G3 PowerMac on the TV ads? Instant classic!
>
I hate to say it, but this shows you're not a SERIOUS Mac-Head. I can live
without the floppy, but not having serial ports on the Professional Model
is CRIMINAL! Just where am I supposed to plug that $500 Graphics Tablet I
bought three months ago? At least they included a ADB port, which is
probably their way of admitting that the keyboard and mouse that is ships
with SUCK! Things they did Right:
10/100Base-T (I had to add 100Base-T to my 8500/180)
Top of the line model has UW SCSI
ADB Port
Good Graphics Card with plenty of memory
USB
Things they did Wrong:
No Floppy (Yes, if you think back I said this was good for the iMac)
Probably less of a deal than it was with the iMac (a home machine).
Pro users were already long past the point when the minimum usable
removable storage was a Zip-100.
No Serial Ports <-- Someone really should be shot!
Someone buying
this
to replace a high end system is likely to have
some expensive peripherals they don't want to have
to replace or buy a serial card for.
Personally, I'm not as worried about periphs like tablets, but ones like
modems. (Modem option for G3 has not shipped yet)
Undecided:
Firewire
New standard... same thing people said about SCSI and USB.
The "New Look" <-- For a professional
system it doesn't look very
professional, but then I guess they're targeting
the
art market.
I think that's it. I saw a page where someone had painted one grey...
very striking.
Clearly, the designers assume that the target audience "thinks different"
and does not need to worry about fitting in to an office, etc.
<<<John>>>