[rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starter SAPRC system these days?

[Ken Hansen]

Well, the thinking is to compare the expense of that current machine to,
say, a Comdisco U30 for under $500 (300 MHz, 512 Meg RAM, 4 Gig HD, Country
kit, S/H/Tax and a framebuffer).

Is the Blade 100 50%-100% better, to justify the 50%-100% higher price? That
was my take on them. Besides, I said I have not used an Ultra 5 or 10, but
most folks wind up looking for cheap bootable SCSI cards and/or CPU upgrades
to get faster clock speeds and bigger caches.

Also, this is why I asked - I have only used certain classes of machines...

Thanks,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starter SAPRC
system these days?


> Depends on your definition of "hobbled".  For most single-user "learning
> Solaris" systems, its *great*.  Can use common IDE HDs and CD-ROMs, and
you
> dont have to screw with SCSI ID issues.
>
> I have a SB100 at work, and its a great machine.



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