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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:47:17 +0100, SteveH was popularly supposed to have said:
Yep, more or less the same conclusion I come to. Do I want to end up pratting about with some weird and wonderful new CPU type, compiling code to run on it and like as not learning vast amounts about the CPU and how pooe peoples' code is, OR
Would I prefer to buy a honking great powerful Linux x86 box and run a minimalist windowing system like Blackbox and see a machine that runs along quite nicely?
If I don't like those, then I could do as Steven says, and get a Mac. Alternatively there are some nice Sun Blades turning up on Ebay these days, which in single CPU mode run SPARC Linux quite nicely, and fly in multi-CPU mode with Solaris 10.
I could also play around with an buttortment of ancient HP-UX machines (if I care not what happens to my sanity) or get an SGI machine if I've got thousands to blow on fast SCSI and memory.
All of those will out-perform Windows PCs. All have long proven track records, and plenty of online support.
What is the point of this system?
-- By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java do thoughts acquire speed, hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion
