#Help selecting hardware
14-Apr-95 10:02:55
Sb: #4645-#Help selecting hardware
Fm: Jeff Sauer 74441,652
To: John Small 72550,2150
I'm jumping in here to say that my high expectation for PCI bus
solutions at NAB led to big disappointment. PCI is not worth waiting
for in the short term. Like almost all other highly anticipated and
hyped technology, this looks like it will take some time to work up
to its billing. Reports from the development community seem to be
that, yes, it gets great numbers in lab benchtesting, but the
implementation is not solid yet. Further, the OS, both MAC and PC,
can't take advantage of its raw speed. Windows95 is said to increase
throughput over ISA, but NuBus is holding its own for the time
being. I'm sure over time PCI will become the standard.
This NAB seemed to be more about products that have been out for a
generation or two at least, that work, and that producers can use and
get work done reliably today.
I suppose I ought to wait for Comdex in two weeks to say any more.
But on the high end, PCI is not here yet.