[geeks] Octane Review

Kevin kevin at mpcf.com
Thu Jan 23 20:41:40 CST 2003


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"And by the time PCs catch up, who knows what SGI will have
invented?"

The answer... another PC.

BTW, although i am referring to SGIs venture into actual PC
offerings, a while back someone here mentioned that the
new Fuel workstation were more PC like.  Anyone know what
was meant by this?  In what way are they "PC like"?  Not
disputing it, i'm just curious.

/KRM

On 24 Jan 2003 01:10:27 -0600
Shawn Wallbridge <shawn at synack-hosting.com> wrote:

> This is really funny to read. The guy compares PC's to an
> Octane. 
> 
> http://www.gcn.com/archives/gcn/1998/august31/40.htm
> 
> "Not until Intel Corp. brings out the 64-bit Merced
> processor will PC makers undertake major redesign. Despite
> advances in technology, today's PC architecture differs
> little from that of the original IBM Corp. PC almost 15
> years ago."
> 
> It was written in 1998 ;-)
> 
> shawn
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