[rescue] Re: Compaq Proliant 8000

[ghub005]

Pete said:

Well, I have a "Rev. A" dual 2GHz, and it has been the most stable 
machine I've ever bought new.  It just runs and runs... (For seven 
months now...)

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I'm not implying the Rev A G5 systems are unreliable. Rather I just meant that 
I'm waiting for the Rev B systems to hit the market.

AFAIK the only common glitches with the Rev A G5 systems are the occasional 
noise on the digital audio outputs, and a badly positioned temperature sensor 
on the internal drive cage. There are also a couple of design quirks like the 
two internal drive plus one single optical drive limit.

Neither of these problems are stopping me from getting a Rev A system to 
replace the dual 1.25GHz G4 MDD (FW800) system I bought last year. To my 
way of thinking, the Rev B systems will have faster processors and will 
hopefully be launched with updated graphics options. The new PPC 970FX 
processors will also dissipate about half the heat of the current G5 
workstations.

Regards,

Gavin