The VC820 board was packaged in a standard retail box. Unlike so many others, it did not include a nice, well bound manual. Half of the pages were apparently an Asian language duplication of the English instructions printed in the first half. Though we understand that the OEM version contains a full manual, it would seem more sensible to include it in the retail version, since the person buying a retail package will more likely have need of it, being less likely to have another machine up and running to view the complete on-disk version. Careful and intelligent design went into the layout of the VC820.
All connectors are easy to reach.
Certainly there are worse problems, but when working with a board, the little things are often the ones that lead to frustration. On the VC820, the memory slots are clear of the drive bays. After building and rebuilding systems over and over during the last few days, this is one reviewer who was grateful for that bit of thoughtfulness. Overall, it's a pleasure to work with the VC820 motherboard. This page has been viewed 6069 times since February 5, 2000.