[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Andrew Weiss]

On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> Works great for servers, because you can get decent UNIX servers
> relatively cheaply.
>
> I think it is much harder to get a non-PC desktop though.
>
G5, or iMac.

> Desktop software eats a lot of CPU, video, and sound processing power.
> That's what people want, and even I make use of quite a bit of it these
> days.
>
> I have a shit-box PC: 700MHz AMD K7, 256MB RAM, dual Adaptec 2940 SCSI,
> nVidia graphics, emu10k sound, and misc other pieces.
>
And again... say it with me G5, or iMac.

> A "real" workstation with even this much outdated power would cost
> quite a bit.
>
How about current ... near SunBlade 2000 power or more... G5...? It's 
crossbar-switched.

> You *can* build a PC that won't crash if you chose your parts 
> carefully,
> and in general it will run circles around any used workstation in its
> price range, and even quite a few that cost a lot more.
>
At one task.


> Desktop power outside of the PC/Apple world is *very* expensive.
>
Apple for our purposes here <> PC.  If you are using the strictly 
personal computer definition, then many workstations qualify.

Andrew