[rescue] A Question about Snap Servers

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Mon Aug 2 09:25:18 CDT 2004


> From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
> Date: 2004/08/01 Sun PM 11:17:59 GMT
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] A Question about Snap Servers
> 
> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 @ 09:13 -0700, Sheldon T. Hall said:
> 
> > Well, yeah, but you're comparing current technology with 12-year-old
> > technology.  There aren't too many computing arenas in which the 12-year-old
> > technology is going to win out; MIPS/Watt certainly isn't going to be one.
> > MIPS/retail$ is another.
> 
> Also, how many 12-year old PCs are in active use?

Are you talking the physical box, or the system design? ;^)

(Couldn't resist... Seriously, what would a 12 year-old PC look like? Pentium? 64 Megs of RAM?)



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