David Cook
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In the book, Macworld Mac Secrets, pages 482-483, David Pogue claims about the Quadra 800: "Interestingly, this model can't produce 24-bit color (the "millions of colors" setting) on any monitor, no matter how much VRAM or what video card you buy for it -- Apple deliberately crippled this machine to enhance the attractiveness of the Quadra 900 and 950 models." (https://archive.org/details/macworldmacsecre00pogu/page/482/mode/2up)
Really? Here is a period-appropriate commonly-available Apple-brand Macintosh Display Card 8*24 displaying 24-bit color on a Quadra 800 using the original launch system software (7.1).
Secondly, the Quadra 900 had been discontinued and replaced by the 950 nine months prior to the introduction of the Quadra 800. So, the reference to crippling the 800 to make the 900 more attractive doesn't make sense.
What David should have said was "For many types of work, 16-bit color is sufficient..." and "Users still have many good choices of third-party 24-bit boards." Oh, that's exactly what Macworld said on page 118 when they reviewed the machine back in April 1993.
Unfortunately, Pogue's quote has made it onto the Wikipedia pages for both the Quadra 800 and Quadra 950. So, unless anyone knows of evidence that Pogue was partially correct, I'll edit that quote out of those Wikipedia pages in the coming days.
- David
Really? Here is a period-appropriate commonly-available Apple-brand Macintosh Display Card 8*24 displaying 24-bit color on a Quadra 800 using the original launch system software (7.1).
Secondly, the Quadra 900 had been discontinued and replaced by the 950 nine months prior to the introduction of the Quadra 800. So, the reference to crippling the 800 to make the 900 more attractive doesn't make sense.
What David should have said was "For many types of work, 16-bit color is sufficient..." and "Users still have many good choices of third-party 24-bit boards." Oh, that's exactly what Macworld said on page 118 when they reviewed the machine back in April 1993.
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MacWorld 9304 April 1993
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Unfortunately, Pogue's quote has made it onto the Wikipedia pages for both the Quadra 800 and Quadra 950. So, unless anyone knows of evidence that Pogue was partially correct, I'll edit that quote out of those Wikipedia pages in the coming days.
- David