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Motherboard Access : The engineers at Digital made getting at the Celebris GL-2's motherboard simple. As a result, swapping out the board or replacing the memory isn't a tough chore. Because of this unit's organized design, none of the internal components, such as the drive bays, cables, and power supply, block access to the motherboard. Tool-free access to the motherboard makes it extremely easy to deal with; you just pull two clips, and the whole board slides out from the top of the system. We found access to many other systems' motherboards tricky due to their cluttered interiors, which makes adding memory or switching a jumper setting a nightmare.
ZIP Drives : With the PII comes a generational leap in system configurations. Case in point: The Dell Dimension XPS H266 and the Micron Millennia XRU have Iomega ZIP drives.

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