ATI Radeon 7000 PCI Speed Test

on Bare Feats. It's pretty weak even in comparison with the old original Radeon for the Mac. [Dana Baggett]

-- Weekend, October 19-20 --

[Update 11:25 pm Sat.] Orlando, FL, Apple Store Opening Photos: From Tadd Torborg, "My Apple Store at Millenia Mall in Orlando Florida grand opening pictures are up."

"This is the prettiest mall I've ever seen. Very nice. It's about 10 miles from Disney World in Interstate 4 and about 70 miles from the Tampa Apple Store. This store is along the same lines as the Troy Michigan store that opened last week. It is narrow and deep. The Genius Bar is in the middle on the right and the cash registers are in the back. No public bathroom."

"The crowd was very enthusiastic. There is a decent Mac community in Orlando what with the creative talent that Disney employs. Also considering the general lack of large office businesses the MS world hasn't taken hold here as much as in other cities I've visited."

"The Millenia mall opened this past Friday and it was a very large mob scene. By Saturday morning the crowds had died down to only 20 or so percent over parking lot capacity. Friday was a real zoo."

"Great day."

[Update 11 pm Sat.] Pioneer Announced 4X DVD-R Drive according to this ZDNet article. That's twice as fast as current DVD recording drives, taking only 15 minutes to burn a 4.7 GB DVD. The drive, model DVR-A05, will also burn DVD-RW at 2X. The new drive will be out in November for a very nice $299. [Dana Baggett]

[Update 9 am Sat.] OWC Hot Buys on PowerLogix G4 700 MHz - 1 GHz CPU Upgrades: These PowerLogix CPU upgrade deals are for Power Mac G4 towers (AGP and later) and G4 Cubes with a 100 MHz system bus:

• 700 MHz G4 tower $335
• 800 MHz tower $430
• 800 MHz Cube $430
• 1 GHz tower $675
• 1 GHz Cube $685
  

If you own a Cube, you may be able to get an additional $10-15 CubeOwner.com discount on the Cube models. We have favorably reviewed the 1 GHz and 800 MHz Cube models.