Re: Live Apple ... the Power Box

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jerry Kindall writes ...
> 
> In article <35554B9F.243F37AA@swbell.net>, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:
> 
> >      2MB of video SGRAM? "Thousands of colors" at 1024 x 768? Specs like
> > these boil down to the kind of performance one expects from a cheapo S3
> > Virge board driving a small monitor. The sound "specs" tell us nothing,
> > which probably means performance on a par with the video.
> 
> It's ATI's Rage II chipset, FWIW.
>

     It is too bad they did not at least go for 4MB video RAM.

     Or, much better, go for the 3D Rage Pro set and 8MB with a 17"
monitor. Go to 64MB SDRAM with 6.5GB HD, price the 266MHz version at
$1499 and, with decent wavetable sound, you have a pretty attractive
competitor. 



Rubywand