[geeks] Yeow! That is a pricey CPU for a PeeCee!

Bill Bradford geeks at sunhelp.org
Thu Jul 5 17:08:41 CDT 2001


On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:59:04PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> Intel unveils Itanium pricing
> Prices for the 64-bit Itanium processor, which comes in four models, range from
> approximately $1,200 to $4,230.
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61925_NLTpm%2C00.html

And HPs box runs from $7-14K.  Yow.  733 or dual 800Mhz.
Comes with HP-UX, WinXP, *and* Linux.

"fuck that, spend $2K on a PC with better performance"

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX



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