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Re: why did apple go mac?
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In article <XbFW5.3816$24.1213708@news0.telusplanet.net>,
<dev.null@personal.information.com> wrote:
>It simply indicates that there is a market for the closed box design. To
>some, open hardware is simply not an issue. They buy the machine and use it,
>and that they really care about is the machine working. Today's hardware
>pretty much has everything that most people will need, so it is pretty much
>a matter of buying the software to use those features you want. Upgrading
>components as you go. What's the point? There were at least three types of
>memory which were commonly used in PC's over the last decade; ISA, VESA and
>PCI were common expansion busses; the window for upgrading processors is
>narrow indeed; now even the power supplies have changed. By the time you
>need to change, the rug is pulled from under you and you have to start all
>over again.
Have you looked inside a P4 system? Pictures are up at several websites.
The heatsink is so massive that it has to be anchored to the case; having it
hang off the motherboard would more than likely rip the socket off of the
motherboard! As a result, you would more than likely need a new case
(though Asus ships a metal adapter plate with its board that mounts in a
normal ATX case). Of course, with the P4 being such an abysmal performer
for what you'd pay for it, it isn't exactly flying off the shelves.
(ObOnTopic: I suppose if you did allow yourself to be suckered in to buying
a P4, you could gut your old system and stick a IIGS motherboard inside to
make a "tower GS.")
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