The Performance Edge: Five
Days And Counting, Get Them While They're Hot - Metabox Upgrades
And The Price/Performance Equation
Sunday,
December 10, 2000
Metabox is a relative new-comer to the shores of the US.
They are a German company now selling their joeCARDs in North
America. They have announced a special rebate, of up to $80,
on many of their upgrade cards for Apple G3 and first generation
G4 machines, and for certain pre-G3 Power Macs and Clones.
The rebate offer ends on the 15th of December. Below we explore
what performance gain
you will see with these cards installed in the machines they
are made for. We also take a comparative look at the price/performance
equation of each card.
New Prices and the Machines The Cards Are
Intended For
joeCARD Z G4/500/250/1MB
Old Price $750 New Price $699
joeCARD Z G4/450/225/1MB
Old Price $530 New Price $499
joeCARD Z G4/400/200/1MB
Old Price $369 New Price $339
joeCARD Z G3/500/250/1MB
Old Price $369 New Price $339
Metabox G3/G4 upgrade cards are compatible
with the following Macintosh models:
For the Beige G3 and Blue G3, and PCI G4 (Sawtooth)
joeCARD PCI G4/450/225/1MB
Old Price $530 New Price $499
joeCARD PCI G4/400/200/1MB
Old Price $369 New Price $339
joeCARD PCI G3/500/250/1MB
Old Price $369 New Price $339
joeCARD PCI G3/400/200/1MB
Old Price $269 New Price $239
Metabox G3/G4 upgrade cards are compatible
with the following Macintosh models:
- Apple Power Macintosh 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600*,
9500, 9600*,
- umax Pulsar and derivates,
- Power Computing PowerWave and PowerTowerPro
* not compatibile with models that used Apples Inline
Cache(most 9600/300, 9600/350, 8600/250, and 8600/300)
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What kind of performance gain are you getting for the money
you'll be shelling out for the various cards?......
Scores marked in Red indicate this information was provided
by Metbox. Scores Marked in Blue indicate that this information
was independently verified by MacSpeedZone. ** Note that MacBench
does not take advantage of the Velocity Engine (AltiVec instructions)
of the G4. For AltiVec accelerated applications
you can see a 2 to 4 times performance improvement over the
G3, depending on the application and the functions you are
trying to perform.
And how much do you pay per
performance point (price divided by performance score) ....
Press Release
Met@box offers a Holiday Rebate on the new MetaDrive* Express
Firewire* line of portable harddrives and the joeCARD* processor
upgrades for MacIntosh* OS based systems . Met@box is now shipping
a portable line of Firewire or IEEE1394 compatible portable
2.52 drives. The drives are currently available in 10GB, 20GB
and 30GB formats and are compatible with Mac OS version 8.6
or greater and Windows 98SE or greater. According to Clint Giles,
President of Metabox Corporation, 3Firewire or IEEE1394 is quickly
becoming the standard for the convergence of the electronics
industry from Apple and PC Computers to Consumer Electronics
and eventually Digital Set-Top Boxes and Digital TV. With the
proliferation of digital video and music you have to have a
place to keep it all, and the convenience, ease of use and stability
of the Firewire platform are unsurpassed2. Met@box offers the
lowest price available after rebates on the portable 2.52 Firewire
harddrives. Owners of PCI based Apple or Apple clones and Apple
Beige or Blue & White G31s can now experience an even greater
value by taking advantage of our mail-in rebate program to save
an extra $30 to $80 dollars on processor upgrades for the MacIntosh
or MacIntosh clones. For a complete compatibility list check
the website at www.metaboxUSA.com. Met@box offers the lowest
price available after rebates on the portable 2.52 Firewire
harddrives. Owners of PCI based Apple or Apple clones and Apple
Beige or Blue & White G31s can now experience an even greater
value by taking advantage of our mail-in rebate program to save
an extra $30 to $80 dollars on processor upgrades for the MacIntosh
or MacIntosh clones. For a complete compatibility list check
the website at www.metaboxUSA.com. Met@box products are available
at Outpost.com, Other World Computing, Small Dog Electronics,
soon to be MacWarehouse, other fine retailers and the Met@box
on-line store. Metabox Corporation is a subsidiary of a publicly
traded German company, Metabox AG. Metabox AG1s primary focus
in Europe is their state of the art internet set-top box. To
learn more about Metabox visit the website, www.metaboxUSA.com
or contact us at 512-320-9145. Metabox AG is listed on the Neuer
Stock Exchange; www.neuer-markt. de under the symbol; mbx .
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Sunday,
December 10, 2000 
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