May PowerWatch News Archive
Thursday, May 21
- We're once again having WebX slowdowns. We're investigating the problems
and hope to solve it soon.
- Our friends at MacCPU have finally received the famed Newer
MAXpowr G3 220/110/512k Powerbase upgrade card for $699, in stock now.
With the Newer 7100/8100 upgrade
(210/240MHz flavors) that works in the Power 100/120 series, every Power machine
ever made now has a G3 upgrade option! Hurrah!
- Today is my 22nd birthday! What I want this year is a job!
Luckily, my present (from myself) is the trip to Disneyland's
New Tomorrowland grand opening this Friday! Yes!
Wednesday, May 13
- Late updates: One good place to look for software updates for your
Power machine actually happens to be Supermac's
page -- they have OEM version updaters for FWB CD and Hard Disk Toolkits.
- What have your experiences been with the Power 15" monitor? If you've
had them fail, or work wondefully, please write-in.
We'd prefer to hear from those of you with larger installations of them.
- MacCPU has living proof that
the new Newer cards work in Power 100/120's!
Monday, May 11
- Great news for Power 100/120 owners! I don't know how they did it, but Newer
Technologies has gotten their MAXpowr G3 PDS cards to work in these machines!
They should hopefully be shipping real soon now!
Thursday, May 7
- I'm totally excited about Apple's new iMac!
Heck I'd buy one as an art piece--it looks awesome! I'm a bit miffed at the
lack of a floppy drive and SCSI ports, but I think consumers will gobble it
up this summer!
Tuesday, May 5
- Accelerate your Mac! has a review
of the $699 BottomLine RailGun G3 card (250/166/1MB), which is a PowerLogix
OEM, though it is "uncertified" by PowerLogix, so you've been warned.
- Just a note: I'll be going to Europe in the last half of June, so PW will
be dead at that time while I'm away. In a nutshell, we're doing loop from
London-Paris-Lucerne-Florence-Rome-Venice-Munich-Brussels with a few added
surprises along the way. If you've got suggestions on places to go or stay,
let me know!
Friday, May 1
- Keep in mind that PW is becoming less and less of a news site-- occasional
quality info is what I'll be aiming for. News will NOT be daily.. most likely
twice a week.
- A reader tipped us off to a strange
PowerCenter Pro G3 listing on MacWarehouse's site. Upon further investigation,
I found out what they are:
- BND2731 POWER CENTER PRO G3/220MHZ 16MB/2.0GB/16XCD/TOWER $1,899.00
- Components: CPU0887 POWER CENTER PRO 180MT/16MB/2GB/16X/2MB VRAM
- DRI2529 MAXPOWR G3 220MHZ W/512K/110MHZ CACHE
- BND2732 POWER CENTER PRO G3/250MHZ 16MB/2.0GB/16XCD/TOWER $1,999.00
- BND2732 is not in stock and we have no shipping date from the manufacturer.
- Components: CPU0887 POWER CENTER PRO 180MT/16MB/2GB/16X/2MB VRAM
- DRI2485 MAXPOWR G3 250MHZ W/512K/125MHZ CACHE FOR [PowerComputing]
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