[SunRescue] Ultra 1 vs. beefy Sparc 20

Gregory Leblanc gleblanc at cu-portland.edu
Thu Jan 20 12:30:02 CST 2000


Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> 
> Well here is my 2% of $1,
> 
> I just bought an Ultra 1, 170E to replace my SS10 with dual 100 MHz
> HyperSPARC CPU's This machine kicks the SS10's butt easily, no comparison.
> 
> As for price, the U1 wins also: Base U1 with CPU $650.00 delivered
> 
> SS10: $150 for base, $400 for CPU's

I'd have to say that $200 for HS100s is a wee bit more than I'd pay. 
Should be able to get SM71s for about that, although my last price quote
from somebody was like $230.

> 
> The rest of the parts are the same.
> 
> for $100 more I say go Ultra. YMMV.

Only bad thing about the Ultra is that you don't get SMP, which is
COOL.  :)
	Greg






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