The Logic Off Topic list

--- Colin Miller <snoopy@...> wrote:
> 
> > >This is part of the rationalisation that Stevo
> delivered when he returned
> > >to the roost -- just a few models with wide
> appeal. When he's gone out on
> > > a limb it has been with something even less
> practical for our sort of
> > > Apps -- the Cube. The fact that you cannot even
> order as an option a
> > > bigger case and a mobo with more slots should
> tell you plenty about Apple
> > > and the pro market.
> 
> >This is all very true.  Lets hope that with apple's
> clear motions in 
> >the direction of recapturing the audio market they
> will start making 
> >some boxes with a more professional attitude in
> this area.
> 
> 
> 
> And does the fact that they dominate the pro market
> mean anything? I work on a 
> Mac with 1 PCI slots (my personal rig has 10). I
> prefer using an expansion 
> chassis as there is more flexibilty in choosing
> sizes. I also don't want them 
> to make a bigger chassis which won't fit into a 19"
> rack, which is a 
> requirement for pro use. Maybe they exsist (I
> haven't looked very hard) but I 
> haven't seen any 6 slot PCs that are rackable (not
> that finding a 6 slot 
> rackable PC is a criteria for me).
> 
> Colin Miller
> 



 My 6 slotted PC is rackable and I hear you on the Pro
use but most Mac users better hope that Apple does'nt
follow the Amiga who Abandoned the private user by
making there machines way out of financial reach for
most users. What's next? A $10,000 recording Macine
that does not include the software?
                            


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