OK, sure, so I wasn't floored with the new tower line, but my demands are pretty outrageous. The new tower line is, however, good to very good. The entry level DP 867 is a clear bang for your buck winner. That thing is almost as fast as my DP 1 gig (old model) at half the price! That thing should sell well.
The top end 1.25 didn't seem so dramatic until I thought about it for a sec. That's a 25% speed increase in one fell swoop. Sure, there's a premium for it, but 25% is a big increase.
And the mid-range DP 1 gig is a great box in its own right. My older model version runs 10.1.5 very well and I can't wait to see what Jaguar will do.
For those of you thinking about a new box, you will not be disapointed with these new DPs. DP is for real in OS X. I can capture a 50 minute DV clip from tape, download a 30 meg .sit file from the web, burn a CD, browse the web and type a letter all at the same time. I do it all the time. OS 9 NEVER would have come close to being able to handle that.
The top end 1.25 didn't seem so dramatic until I thought about it for a sec. That's a 25% speed increase in one fell swoop. Sure, there's a premium for it, but 25% is a big increase.
And the mid-range DP 1 gig is a great box in its own right. My older model version runs 10.1.5 very well and I can't wait to see what Jaguar will do.
For those of you thinking about a new box, you will not be disapointed with these new DPs. DP is for real in OS X. I can capture a 50 minute DV clip from tape, download a 30 meg .sit file from the web, burn a CD, browse the web and type a letter all at the same time. I do it all the time. OS 9 NEVER would have come close to being able to handle that.
