[rescue] Windows XP to be released on the Sun Blade 100

[George Adkins]

> "i" stands for "integrated".  Compare the Ultra AX and AXi if you want a
> case study in motherboard simplification.
>
In every other computing arena I have experience in, this means:
compromise with concomittant loss of performance, loss of future expansion 
options.  As a general rule, when a component or sub-system is a 
separate/replaceable/upgradeable part, there is a good reason.  When a 
Manufacturer integrates it into the system, this is usually a downgrade 
intended to lower performance and make the system cheaper and expand market 
penetration, but poorer performing so as not to compete with the big-money 
products.

>
> Bottom line, for a uniprocessor application with reasonable I/O the IIi is
> quite comparable to the II.  Cache is a separate issue, the "average"
> cache sizes of the UltraSparc-II and IIi modules are probably reasonably
> similar.
>
you're not going to start using the term 'Single-User Wintel Workstation' are 
you?

> Whether the II/IIi are "fast enough" is another matter entirely.  They
> are both underperformers in todays CPU market.
>
'Fast Enough' kills companies these days.  Doing 'just enough' rather than 
excelling saves a little money, but then your customers switch to PeeCees.  
There's very little brand-loyalty out there anymore.
These days, you make Porsches and Cadillacs, or you make Yugos.