[rescue] hp kayak price estimate?

[Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366]

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:14:41AM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> "David L Kindred (Dave)" <d.kindred at telesciences.com> wrote:
> >     Kurt> <snip config>
> > 
> >     Kurt> Nothing.  In my experience, the Kayaks are some of the worst x86
> >     boxen out Kurt> there (reliability-wise, and "standards"-wise).
> > 
> > Which models?  I have a bunch of Kayak XA P-II machines here that we
> > bought used and have been rock-solid, no issues running Windows or
> > Linux.  One of the best factory-installed PC ventilation systems I've
> > seen, all ducted so that the CPU and disks still get airflow even while
> > you're futzing around with the IO slots.
> > 
> 
> I honestly can't remember.  Or it could be that I've chosen to forget. 
> Either way, the name "Kayak" makes me cringe.
> 
> >     Kurt> YMMV, of course, but I can't stand the Kayaks.
> > 
> > Has HP used the Kayak name on more than one hardware series?
> > 
> 
> Dunno, my experience with them goes back many years.

I think that you are probably thinking of the motherboard bug on the
PentiumPro 180 and 200's where the PCI/graphics card bug existed that
limited actual throughput to like 6MB/s out of a theoretical max of
133MB/s .  At least, that would be one example.

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