[geeks] Sun to adopt newest Intel Xeon chips for upcoming servers (link)

[Jonathan Groll]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:52:54PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote:
> On 25 Jan 2007, at 18:05, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> 
> >> I wonder if you could get an nv6600 working in a Mac?
> >>
> >> Fairly cheap and not hard to find, but still fast cards for a lot of
> >> things.
> >
> > For Macs, I suspect that a ATI 9800 might be a reasonable option.
> >
> > I probably should focus on getting newer workstations first, then on
> > upgrading the new ones later.
> 
> I've just come to similar conclusion, and  thusly am looking around  
> for a PowerMac G5. I'm astonished at how the price of late PowerPC  
> hardware has dropped, considering how much life there is left in it  
> as a Mac OS X platform. I figure a decent Dual CPU G5 will last me 2  
> or 3 years, and they can be had for less than GBP700.

...although, for roughly the same amount you could buy a new core2
macbook...

Cheers,
Jonathan.