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- From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
- Subject: Re: Q700 vs. 950
- In-Reply-To: tnele@helios.br6.chevron.com's message of 19 Aug 92 16:07:08 GMT
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:49:55 GMT
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- > tnele@helios.br6.chevron.com (Nathan Leon) writes:
-
- What are the main differences between the Quadra 700 and the 950?
-
- Some. Speaker volume, for instance (the 950 has a 2W booster and
- a 4" speaker...)
-
- I realize the 950 has a 33MHz CPU while the 700 only has a 25.
- Is it noticably faster?
-
- Yes.
-
- And obviously, the 950 has much more room for expansion.
-
- Yes, definately. Goes to 64 MB instead of 20 MB. If you use
- (unsupported) 16 MB SIMMs, it goes to 256 MB instead of 68 MB.
- Has more slots. (I would be out of slots had I had a 700)
-
- What about the on-board video capabilities of both?
-
- The 950 does 16-bit graphics on a 21" color monitor, the 700
- only does 8-bit. Else they're about the same. The 700 comes
- with 512 kB VRAM, the 950 comes with 1 MB.
-
- Does the 950 have SCSI 2 whereas the 700 does not?
-
- Both have "fast" SCSI interfaces; none are "true" SCSI II.
- HOWEVER: the Q950 has TWO physical SCSI busses, the 700 only
- has one. The internal port in the 950 is faster than the
- external; which is all the 700 has got.
-
- We really don't want the BIG 950 if the only main
- difference is the 33% faster CPU and the expansion slots.
-
- Having 2 hard disks, and a backup tape drive, and the cards
- and memory in one case, using one (keyboard controlled) power
- supply is important to me. Might not be to you.
-
- --
- - I have decided that it is not boxes but my lack of skill that's the problem.
- - Traitor! This kind of attitude will get you nowhere around here. If you must
- know, it's not your boxes that are the problem, it's your lack of a
- sufficient number of boxes. Go out and buy something.
-