25 Thermidor CCXI (August 12, 2003)
I'm Television Sick And I'm Television Crazy
Well, I now officially have a gripe against Apple.
7500 motherboard — virtually the same as the 7200 motherboard only the CPU isn't soldered to the motherboard.
7600 motherboard — exactly the same as the 7500 motherboard, only it now has a memory interleaving feature.
7300 motherboard — the same as the 7600 motherboard, only it's missing the video input circuitry. You can even see where the connectors for the video circuitry should go. Fits the same case and everything, no reason why it shouldn't be a valid upgrade path for owners of a 7200/7500/7600.
Oh, did we mention that the power supply connector had been changed? We're positive we mentioned that the power supply connector had been changed.
So, I now need to track down a power supply that was used in only one particular model of Power Macintosh despite the fact that it used the same motherboard as two previous models. Probably set me back another 30 USD.
Bah! Humbug!
Good title to the e-mail...I just heard a song with that line ("I'm television sick and I'm television crazy") and I'm trying to find out what the name of the song is. Thoughts? E-mail me off-list...
Many thanks...and sorry about the bad experience with Apple!
Bob










