[geeks] FreeBSD install problem on ALR server

[joshua d boyd]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:36:52PM -0400, James Sharp wrote:
> Although I did just go out & buy a god-in-the-box 1.4Ghz Athlon based
> machine I'm using for non-linear video editing and 3d rendering.  Good
> lord, but this thing is fast...as long as I don't try to make it do lots
> of things at once.

For 3D rendering (I hate to say this), nothing seems to beat a stack on
lintel machines on the low and mid end.  At the high end, well that many
intel machines are unmanageable, so you spend more on machines to cut
staff costs (why Pixar uses Suns rather than Lintel boxes).

For video editing, I think that given the right software, an O2 should be
just as fast, if not faster than the fastest athlon.  I think the same
might hold true for HPs FX lintel boxes.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd