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Offline SlimJim

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Re: 800Mhz A1G3XE the best choice than the 800Mhz A1G4XE?
« on: January 22, 2003, 01:43:47 PM »
I have ordered an XE-G4 too. I'm not too troubled about
performance. At the time when we get apps that really push
to the limit of the processor, we will either have new
hardware already or the whole platform has gone down the
drain (again) and we are left to depend on third-party
software to keep us afloat, in which case the question is
mostly academic (but at which point that Altivec unit might
be nice to have).
 
I'm presently more worried on availability of the G4 - i.e
later deliveries of the G4 than the G3. If that's the case I'll
switch over to an G3. But as long as I can get hold of a G4
I'll go for that.
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Re: 800Mhz A1G3XE the best choice than the 800Mhz A1G4XE?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2003, 02:30:44 PM »
Helgis75

> [...] and someone mentioned that the G4 seems harder to  
> deliver than the G3....Tougher shipment for the G4 than the
> G3...
 
I wrote something to that effect, but you must really learn
 not to take every little comment and make it into a fact.
You do that a lot you know.
 
 To take this case as an example, I am no employee of
Eyetech, nor do I have any inside info as to what kind of
agreements they have with chip producers. Most comments
in here is like that. I hoped that was clear in my post (I
apologize if it was not) but yet you take it as some sort of
usable fact on which to base your opinion.
 Not very serious now, when seeing the thread in context,
but if repeated in some other place as FACT, it becomes
misinformation. Such behaviour is called "jumping to
conclusions" and is one of the major ways to start a nasty
rumour. I want no part of it.
 
 Please consider this, when reading comments. Most of
what is written is just assumptions/fears/hopes/dreams,
without any factual backing at all. Learn to be a little more
discriminating.
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Re: 800Mhz A1G3XE the best choice than the 800Mhz A1G4XE?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2003, 11:49:45 PM »
I have a 21" Sony Trinitron, a nice Tower chassi and a CD burner. I also have a copy each of Freespace and Quake2 that  I cannot use (my A4000 has a distinct lack of PPC- and Gfx-cards).
 
...And that's all there is to my AOneXEG4 as of yet :-).
 
I'll start shopping when compatability lists are out.
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SlimJim