Wie man in einem Interview bei OCworkbench lesen muss, hat Abit ihr ursprünglich geplantes Granite Bay Mainboard GB7 gecancelled.
The Granite Bay-based board, the GB7 has been cancelled. Granite Bay was originally scheduled to be released by September, but Intel has been delaying and delaying until mid-December for mass production at the very earliest and probably early January for really hitting the retail channels. I think we will start to see the media/distis/resellers world-wide reporting that Granite Bay is too little and too late. I expect that we will hear the media/disitis/resellers say that currently, the 845PE (IT7-MAX2 Version 2.0 and BE7 Series) offer much greater value than Granite Bay. Granite Bay is extremely expensive for what you get. I think that the Granite Bay board will have a short life span. Intel outdid themselves now with the 845PE/GE chipsets and it has led to a lessened interest in Granite Bay. The clear choice now is 845PE. If ABIT promoted this Granite Bay, I feel that we would be pushing a product to end users and resellers, while beleiving that there was a better choice available. It may be a nice boost for sales and marketing, but overall this is not the right product for resellers and end users. Let's be honest to this group.