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From: tero.narinen@lut.fi (Tero Narinen)
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Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 96 21:30:36 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology
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In article <twj2-1408961345390001@206.137.130.173>, twj2@locke.ccil.org (Tom Janofsky) wrote:
>
>> >Most Linux users I know do know what's good hardware, and they're willing to
>> >pay for it (for the _hardware_). They don't think you can buy a
>> >state-of-the-art screeming multi-media machine at the local mall for
>1000 USD,
>> >like most W95 users do. They do know Matrox boards are great and fast
>and worth
>> >their money, and they would buy one if XFree would support it.
>> >
>> >So the Linux market may be small, but the penetration of high-end graphics
>> >boards is much higher in those tiny market than in the general
>> >home-garden-kitchen W95 market.
>> This is not intended as flame. I previously had Diamond Stealth 64
>> Vram (S3968). Local store gave me a Matrox Millenium for test. Matrox gave me
>
>> so much better picture with same monitor that I changed to it instantly.
>> Matrox costs something like $300. You can have RedHat bundle with Metro-x
>> for $50. I personally am willing to pay that extra $50 to get that better
>> picture quality. My point: If you can afford a Matrox, you can afford to buy
>> the X-server. It is another question is whether or not this is against your
>> principle that all Linux should be freeware.
>>
>> ###Tero Narinen####################################################
>> ###Skinnarilankatu 28 F 17###"BEWARE THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN"####
>> ###53850 Lappeenranta###################-John Dryden###############
>> ###tero.narinen@lut.fi#############################################
>
>
>Of course there is a trade off for that performance, the Matrox is an interrupt
>
>maniac. If your doing video/audio capture or similarly sensitive stuff, the
>Milenium isn't worth it.
Just mentioned what my eyes "thought". If I ever do video/audio
capture/editing there will be 1 or 2 more zeros in the prize-tag of my
machine. Most of (IMHO) common users want picture quality first of all. I know
I do.
###Tero Narinen####################################################
###Skinnarilankatu 28 F 17###"BEWARE THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN"####
###53850 Lappeenranta###################-John Dryden###############
###tero.narinen@lut.fi#############################################