I think that they look interesting. Abit is goint to be producing "MAX" motherboards for both AMD and Intel platforms that have no legacy ports, meaning they have no PS/2 and serial ports (I don't know about parallel). To compensate, the mobos will have more USB ports and appear to have firewire. My next box will be a gaming/multimedia box, so I wouldn't mind more USB ports standard. I think what the motherboard's success will rely on is if the mobos have any USB problems (high fsb, booting, etc.).
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http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjs...en_0203131.htm </edit>