On 11/06/02 11:14, "Bradford Schmidt" <brad_at_bradfordschmidt.com> wrote:
>
> Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 12:34:19 AM, Steven wrote:
>
>
>> What's it called when Apple charges TOP dollar for their products and
>> then drops them like hot potatoes?
>> (NEWTON, Clones, various chips and software)
>> Is that called $erving $atisfied citizen$ ???
>> I've got 3 older mac$ and one mac clone...none can run O$X...they are in
>> the clo$et...gue$$ it$ time to $pend more money on a new Apple and hope
>> that $teven Job$ doe$n't di$continue it for another few month$
>> I'm $o happy that Apple is really about $erving the Cu$tomer.
>
> Exactly - just read their policy about supporting the "old" ATI
> chipset in OS X. The installed base of that chip in powerbooks alone
> (I'm one of them) is huge. And they just dropped it. So any video in
> OS X sucks ass on that chip.
>
> But hey, isn't this really NEW mac "incredibly cool?"
Check <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=122010>. Here is an
excerpt:
"Application Improvements:
- Increased stability of Mail and Sherlock.
- Emails are properly retained when rebuilding the Draft mailbox.
- Support for 2D and QuickTime hardware acceleration for Rage Pro.
[...]"
So, apparently, Apple hasn't given up yet on the old chipset...
-Laurent.
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