[rescue] SMP on intel wasteful?

[Andrew Weiss]

On Monday, June 24, 2002, at 02:32 PM, Chris Hedemark wrote:
>
> Let me ask you again (since you're finally starting to say a little more
> than stuff like "x86 is repulsive):  For real world work, what can you
> show me in the RISC world that compares to my $2,000 x86 box in terms of
> productivity?
>
A Powermac G4.  Dollar for dollar you get better performance and value 
out of the latest G4 Quicksilver line.  Especially since out of the box 
the thing runs a Unix based OS, and you can always run Yellowdog or 
NetBSD if you choose.  You can also build Beowulf clusters of these in 
Marathon racks.  I think last time I did the comparison I started with 
what machine you get from Dell vs. Apple for exactly $1700.  The 
machines were identical almost... even in CPU speed... except the PPC 
had GigEthernet and one other really nice feature that I'm forgetting at 
the moment.

Andrew

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