I don't have any major disagreement with any of those points (except one point below); they're certainly well-taken, and PReP/CHRP certainly had much squandered potential. My main …

hmm? is there a reason for that? Click to expand... there are no fans, so don't put anything (like paper) on top of it, and don't leave it in a confined place

hmm? is there a reason for that?

Minor note, the machine gets very hot.

I can't comment on the '060 (though I do like ColdFires), but remember that there were *three* people in the AIM alliance, not just Apple and Motorola. That big blue gorilla was co…

The point about the comparison between the m68060 and the Pentium is that the m68060 would've scaled quite well had Motorola had reason to continue improving it (that is, if Apple …

I can't comment on the '060 (though I do like ColdFires), but remember that there were *three* people in the AIM alliance, not just Apple and Motorola. That big blue gorilla was co…

Remember, the m68060 was able to execute more average instructions per clock than the Pentium in spite of having a 32 bit bus as compared with the Pentium's 64 bit bus and in gener…

We're not talking about the latest versions that are still being made today, though. We are talking about the chips that were actually produced back when the design was new and tho…

Skip the Bondi then. You can run 10.4 (more than likely) on the Indigo and it'll outperfom the Bondi left and right. Faster CPU, faster system bus, and better graphics. Its also…

... how do you think they replaced the functionality of those components? They had to go off chip to get that functionality back or else who would have any use for a crippled EC or…

Are you planning on actually using it for anything? Click to expand... yes I am going to use it for things, hopefully I'm going to use it to play some network games, word proce…

We're not talking about the latest versions that are still being made today, though. We are talking about the chips that were actually produced back when the design was new and tho…

Really? Rev C and D were Blueberry?! I don't remember that. Click to expand... Yep, see for yourself. In comparison to the Bondi Rev. A.

Are you planning on actually using it for anything? Click to expand... yes I am going to use it for things, hopefully I'm going to use it to play some network games, word proce…

Really? Rev C and D were Blueberry?! I don't remember that.

Uh, Bondis were only available as either Rev. A or B.. There was no Bondi Rev. C or D, only Blueberry. Basically, it went like this: Rev. A and B only got Bondi. As Henry Ford wou…

Yeah, there were indigo and Bondi, and Blueberry. The blueberries were even down to 350mhz without firewire ports, The Bondi's went up to 333mhz (Rev D). I have a Rev A. iMac Bondi…

In the States, it is also more common to see the LC versions show up on the market. While I feel this is from the greater number of LCs sold to schools, it could also be that some …

That's a really good writeup on the LC series, Scott, thanks for that.In Australia at least though, the LC475/575/630 were sold directly to consumers. Click to expand... Yeah, …

I remember the 580, in fact I have two of them here. Apple ditched the more expensive Trinitron monitor and SCSI drive from the 575 to make the 580 more attractive to school budget…

Are you planning on actually using it for anything? If so, then go for the Indigo simply because its RAM is cheaper and easier to find, faster and a little nicer looking IMO. It'…

That's a really good writeup on the LC series, Scott, thanks for that. In Australia at least though, the LC475/575/630 were sold directly to consumers.

All models with "LC" in their name were popular in schools. In fact, the LC line became education-only after some time. I believe the original LCIII (not LCIII+) was the last LC so…

The 68060 didn't scale well, either. The fastest versions lack the MMU, FPU, or both. Too many transistors for a wafer that size back then. The fastest 060's required separate chip…