[Sunhelp] Which SPARCstation is better?

[Frank Sommers]

It depends on what your typical use of the machine will be. As an
all-around work-horse, I think both are a bit slow nowadays, compared to
newer machines. Well, I had a 2-CPU Sparc 20 (75Mhz) as my primary work
machine, which I just loved. And, in fact, I was going to buy a used Sparc
for my home. But then I saw the deals Sun was offering on the Ultra 5s on
Ebay. For $2k (!), you get a brand new Ultra 5 AND a 19 inch monitor AND
they pay for shipping. Well, I just got mine, it's a great machine, and
you just can't beat that price. I'm planning to spend maybe another $1,500
on it in the near future to upgrade to a SCSI disk system and to add more
RAM (it came with 64MB). I figured I would have spent about that much to
get and fix up a second-hand Sparc 20 (not the 10, though), i.e., with
extra VRAM to enable the SX buffer, get some better disks in it, etc. So I
would say going for the Ultras (at this price) might be a better choice.
But what do you think?

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Richard Hogg wrote:

> Really depends on what you're doing... But, I would say the SS10, I had
> 2*40MHz SS10 at work and SS5 170 at home, and the SS10 was faster!
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Khoury [mailto:pkhoury3 at earthlink.net]
> Sent: 09 February 2000 12:58
> To: SunHELP List; SunRescue List
> Subject: [Sunhelp] Which SPARCstation is better?
> 
> 
> I'm thinking about getting a SS10 or SS5 in the near future (next month or
> so), to use
> as my primary Solaris box instead of my SS2 - I've already talked to one
> person, I was
> wondering if anyone else had any thoughts on the pros and cons of each?
> I like that I can get a faster CPU on the SS5, and the speed of the memory
> bus, but
> would also like to venture into multiprocessor systems.  Any insight would
> be great.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul
>