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Period displays for Quadra 700?
Posted by: Alumamac on 2022-08-23 07:31:26
Out of curiosity what percentage of new Mac owners purchased 3rd party monitors back in the day? New machines didn't come with a monitor correct they were a separate item to purchase?

In my experience, prior to the Apple Cinema Display & TiBook launches, 99% of Apple business systems I worked on had 3rd party monitors (Radius, SuperMac, Sony, Barco). Then it flipped to 99% Apple LCD displays with Eizo being the rare alternative. Most home systems I encountered had Apple monitors.
Posted by: Durosity on 2022-08-23 08:46:57
36.1kg is quite simply bonkers!
It really is! I have one with my Q950 but it’s a right pain to move. It desperately needs some attention too, half the screen doesn’t brighten correctly.. I can probably repair it, but moving it from my study to my repair bench in the garage is a huge job.
Posted by: jessenator on 2022-08-23 15:09:20
1991
hah, that it is.

I also searched for the ACHRRGBD stand, but never found one for a reasonable price… it's with a new owner now, so maybe they'll find one for it. Got a ColorSync with a 7200 a couple of years ago and coryw graciously traded with me for a multisync beast. Love that thing.

The 700 definitely had impressive on-board video:

At the very least it wasn't leaching, vampiric, off of the system DRAM anymore.
Posted by: MrFahrenheit on 2022-08-23 17:53:57
hah, that it is.

I also searched for the ACHRRGBD stand, but never found one for a reasonable price… it's with a new owner now, so maybe they'll find one for it. Got a ColorSync with a 7200 a couple of years ago and coryw graciously traded with me for a multisync beast. Love that thing.

The 700 definitely had impressive on-board video:

At the very least it wasn't leaching, vampiric, off of the system DRAM anymore.

A couple years later Apple made the LC475 even more powerful than the Q700, just without an FPU. Even video was faster. I loved my Q605 when I had it.
Posted by: Juror22 on 2022-08-24 12:11:48
I loved my Q605 when I had it.
I loved mine too. It was the first Mac that I bought brand new - for the size, price and durability, you just couldn't beat it. I still kick myself for selling it.
Posted by: MrFahrenheit on 2022-08-24 12:25:53
I loved mine too. It was the first Mac that I bought brand new - for the size, price and durability, you just couldn't beat it. I still kick myself for selling it.
I wish I had kept mine, but alas, if I hadn't sold it, I wouldn't have afforded a 7200/75. I then traded that 7200 for a 7600 and got a big trade-in credit (basically almost what I had paid for it to begin with).

I had a Plus in 1990, which my parents bought me. In 1993 I purchased a IIsi on clearance, that was a demo model. Still 'new' but not brand new. That lasted me a year, and I picked up the Q605 for $800 on clearance, as brand new unopened, and loved it to pieces.
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