[Sunhelp] Sparc 10

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Lockwood [mailto:lockwood at ISI.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 5:29 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparc 10
> 
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Jeff wrote:
> 
> If your budget is pointing you towards a SS10 or SS20, I'd 
> advise you not
> to set your sights on a 4-CPU machine.  The multi-CPU modules 
> are not cost
> effective in most cases (and performance drops due to mbus 
> saturation),
> you are better off going with a faster uniprocessor machine.  Ultra
> 1/140's are now quite cheap and will beat any SS10/SS20 
> except those that
> cost far more. 

But you're missing the point James.  :)  Multi-processor is Cool!  (uh-oh,
now you all KNOW that I'm a nerd)  My only gripe about my SS20 is that
24-bit graphics are way too expensive for it, and if I'm going to only have
8-bit, I want an OS with a useable CLI, which so far I can't get from
solaris (yet?). 
	Greg