[rescue] SGI Fuel

[Kurt Huhn]

> >http://www.sgi.com/workstations/fuel/
> >
>
> Not bad.  Any idea on pricing for this thing? How do the graphics
> connect to the system?  Are the graphics interchangeable?  This seems
> to me more like an O2 replacement than an Octane replacement. I
> wonder what this will do to the used sgi market?  Will octane CPU
> modules/ram/cards come down in price?
>

One can only hope.  Right now you can get an r10k-195 Octane for ~$500 - and
that seems quite resonable to me.  I suppose we'll see some offloading of
Octanes in the next few months as people start buying Fuels, but I wouldn't
expect to see the bottom drop out of the used SGI market (as it did with
Sun).  However, I wouldn't complain if it did :)

Kurt
Currently saving for an Octane, and a cat-back system for the Truck