[geeks] Ultra 20 thoughts

Charles Shannon Hendrix shannon at widomaker.com
Sat Jul 2 13:07:15 CDT 2005


Kurt Huhn wrote:
> On Jul 1, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
>>Regarding the U20, there are some things which I find lacking in
>>comparison to other machines in its class:
>>
>>    - it has only two drive bays
>>    - only 33MHz 32-bit PCI: it should have PCI-X
>>    - only a pair of SATA ports... even on workstations I want the
>>      option of at least 3 drives: 1 for OS, a pair for data.
>>
> 
> 
>   - it's a peecee

What does that have to do with it?

I can build a PC with excellent power supplies, HT busses, PCI-X, 
multiple CPUs...

I figured at the very least I'd see PCI-X on a modern "workstation" 
motherboard.



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