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In article
<josh_miller-0602971552220001@cust43.max5.phoenix.az.ms.uu.net>,
josh_miller@earthlink.net.no.spam (Josh Miller) wrote:

>In article <atticus-ya023580000502970230350001@news.mindspring.com>,
>atticus@mindspring.com (Andy Walton) wrote:
>
>> - SCSI. The 7500 has dual fast SCSI buses, which is important if you plan to
>>   run a high-end disk array. 
>
>I think only the internal bus is fast - and it comes with a slow drive
>(which you could,
>of course, replace).

Correct. Internal is 10MB/s Fast SCSI, external is 5MB/s SCSI. The drive's
not too shabby, unless you're doing AV stuff.

>> - More robust video. The 7500's motherboard video goes up to 4MB VRAM, which
>>   will drive a 21" monitor at millions of colors. The 6400 only has 1MB of
>>   VRAM, and will only drive a 15" monitor at thousands of colors, or a 17"
>>   at 256. If you want to run Photoshop on a big monitor, you'll have to
>>   buy a video card for the 6400 -- another added cost that makes the 7500
>>   more attractive.
>
>Really??  Wow, that's kind of lame.

Gotta love my 7500! But a PCI video card can be had fairly cheaply, and
will still burn the 7500's built-in video.

>The _603_ is a less powerful chip than the 601, but the 603e is about the same
>as a 601 (or so I understand).

Right. The 6400 is somewhat faster than the 7500, but there are a lot of
factors. The 6400's bus speed is 40MHz, while the 7500 can do 50. And of
course, the main selling point IMO for the 7500 is that it has enormous
_potential_. More and bigger slots, internal Fast SCSI, and of course, the
CPU daughtercard. The 6400 is cool, but it isn't going anywhere.

john

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