RE: [WinMac] Re: iMac
Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 13:14:57 -0500
At 09:09 AM 2/4/99 -0800, Michael Ayotte wrote:
>The one flaw in the iMac is that it does not come with either SCSI or
>Firewire. Eitherone would have been accecptable. USB for hard drives is a
>joke. I hope the mystery slot can soon be filled with a SCSI or firewire
>card soon.
The mystery slot (aka "mezzanine slot") found on the 233Mhz iMacs is gone
from the multi-color 266Mhz iMacs. Nevertheless at least one company made a
3d video card for it. I doubt anyone else will invest the time and effort
for a slot that appears only on a single model computer.
What do iMac owners need with SCSI or FireWire? Is a first-time computer
owner going to fill up the internal hard drive or edit video? I don't think
so. And remember what the "i" stands for. Like almost everyone else they're
also not going to back up their files. If they do a USB Zip or SuperDisk is
easily large enough (we're talking personal files, not the whole hard drive).
--
Curtis Wilcox cwcx@ats.rochester.edu
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