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Re: ZipGS or Second Sight????
In article <butchD8v16n.3Mq@netcom.com>, butch@netcom.com (G.Sanchez) wrote:
> Brian D. Uhreen (bduhreen@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote:
>
> : Well I have finaly got all my finances in order and am now faced
> : with a dilema. After slowly upgrading my IIgs with a hard drive (127 q
> : drive), fast modem(144lc Supra) and some new software (trust me..it's
> : new) I am now wondering whether I sould get a ZipGS (from GS+) or the
> : second sight board. The prices are almost the same (already got a VGA
> : monitor kicking around) so if anybody has any sugestions please email
> : them to me!!!!
>
> I would defenately recomend a Zip over a SS card. The reasons are simple.
> There are no more then 5 (at most) programs that you can use with the SS
> card. All you can basically do now is just view pictures. With a Zip card
> you will speed up your machine and all your applications will run faster!
> You will not wait as long to boot, nor to launch programs. You will
> benefit more from a Zip then from a SS card. In the future when there are
> more programs then you can purchase a SS card. Besides if you order it
> now, you will be lucky if you you get it one month from now!
>
> My .02.
>
> BTW: I have my zip running on my Rom 01 at 15Mhz!!!
Hmm...Well, overall I'll agree - the ZIP is more important up front than a
Second Sight. Ask anybody who has one (like me, even) but I do dispute Mr
Sanchez contention that "5 (at most)" programs that will see improvement
via the SS. Unless he counts the finder and any desktop application as
one. In fact, the desktop is THE reason to get the SS - Graphics apps are
ok, but IIGS owners tend to live on the desktop - and the difference
between the IIGS desktop on the 640 X 200 rgb monitor and the IIGS desktop
on a 1024 X 768 desktop are incredible.
So, buy the Zip, cuz the IIGS is useless without it, but immediately start
saving boxtops for the Second Sight, cuz the IIGS is only marginally
useful without it.
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