Abit AT7 Max review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 16, 2002 at 1:45:21 AM
AMD3D reviews the legacy free AT7 MAX from Abit. I still want my PS/2!!
Now that the review is drawing to end I simply have to give my opinion on the AT7. This is pretty difficult as it's been a mixed bag. First of all Abit must be congratulated for putting out a truly innovative design. The inclusion of USB 2 and Firewire as standard is a nice touch, retaining USB 1.1 for your mouse and keyboard and other USB 1.1 devices is obviously a good move as USB 2 hardware is not currently widely available. I must say a quick thank you to uplandscomputers for the loan of a USB Keyboard. However I must admit that the loss of the PS2 ports is a bit of a mistake. Whilst USB mice and Keyboards can be bought for around £10 each in the UK, it was the reluctance of Win98SE to run without a PS2 mouse which caused a lot of problems. I had to move to WinXP to overcome this problem. Others have not been so lucky as I have seen on the forums.
Now that the review is drawing to end I simply have to give my opinion on the AT7. This is pretty difficult as it's been a mixed bag. First of all Abit must be congratulated for putting out a truly innovative design. The inclusion of USB 2 and Firewire as standard is a nice touch, retaining USB 1.1 for your mouse and keyboard and other USB 1.1 devices is obviously a good move as USB 2 hardware is not currently widely available. I must say a quick thank you to uplandscomputers for the loan of a USB Keyboard. However I must admit that the loss of the PS2 ports is a bit of a mistake. Whilst USB mice and Keyboards can be bought for around £10 each in the UK, it was the reluctance of Win98SE to run without a PS2 mouse which caused a lot of problems. I had to move to WinXP to overcome this problem. Others have not been so lucky as I have seen on the forums.