Re: TI-H: heh
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Re: TI-H: heh
In a message dated 11/29/98 10:20:24 PM Central Standard Time,
gussie@alaska.net writes:
> >> And if you realy want a good Sun, you would have to get a Sparq. I
think
> >> they start at $25,000 or so. But again, it will eat pents and PPCs for
> >> lunch.
> >The directly above statement (it will eat pents...) is true. However, I
> >personally would prefer to have 20 decent P II class machines to a single
> >Sparq. For this reason, I don't think that the statement about getting
> what
> >you pay for, is true. Perhaps for the scientist running some pretty
> intense
> >applications, maybe some stuff dealing with number permutations or
> something,
> >it is, but for the other 4,999,999,999 people in the world, I don't think
> so.
>
> If someone were to offer you a fully decked spark, it would be kinda
> strange not to accept it. Esp[ecially at 600-800MHz.
I sure would take it. But if I was offered a choice of, even 10 P II 450 mHz
PCs, or the Sparq, I sure would take the PCs.
Rob Hornick
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