[geeks] Apple vs. Sun

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 12:27 PM, Chris Hedemark wrote:
>> I would almost say those two machines are designed for entirely 
>> different
>> tasks.
>
> But where is the Blade 150 a better use of $2,000?
>
> I mean, just a short comparison:
>
> Sun has one slower CPU.  Apple has two faster CPU's.

   Do you have CPAI figures for the UltraSPARC-II vs. the G4?

> Sun has IDE HDD.  Apple has SCSI.

   Point.

> Sun has 100Mbps ethernet.  Apple has 1Gbps.

   Irrelevant.  No current desktop applications will get anywhere near 
that.

       -Dave

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