[rescue] u5>u30?!?

[Kevin Lee]

I have a U1/200E and I think that it is a SLUG....compared with my U2/Dual
300 :-)
The U1 is my firewall/www/email works for me.
U5 UG......costs a fortune....IDE ....

Kevin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Huhn" <kurt at k-huhn.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: [rescue] u5>u30?!?


> Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> >
> > On ebay, U5s seem to be going for more than U30s.  What's up with
> > that?  Seems to me that U5s should be the cheapest Ultras next to the
U1s.
> >
>
> Screw that.  I'll take a U1-E any day over a U5 - hands down.  My
> U1-170E Creator2D is much more responsive than the U5 I use from time to
> time.
>
> U30s, are going for very attractive prices - I got one for $500 with
> 400Mhz, 256MB Ram, 2x4GB, Elite3d, and SunPCi.  Sold the Elite3d and
> SunPCi, bought a 36GB drive that came with a metal spud, slammed the 4GB
> drives into my U1, and my net was $400.
>
> I'll agree though, that the U5 should be way less than the U30.  There
> simply isn't a comparison there - apples to crabapples (they are both
> Sun after all).
> --
> Kurt
> kurt at k-huhn.com
> Editor: "We need a new food critic, someone who doesn't immediately
> poo-poo everything he eats."
> Homer: "Naw, that usually takes a few hours."
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