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Subject: Re: Here we go again... :)

Author: Matthew White

Date: 10:36:58 07/02/03

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On July 01, 2003 at 00:32:15, Keith Evans wrote:

>On July 01, 2003 at 00:07:25, Matthew White wrote:
>
>>On June 30, 2003 at 09:30:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On June 29, 2003 at 19:25:10, Peter Stayne wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>Note that Xeon MP ===> $5000 a cpu or so and only 2.8Ghz nowadays.
>>>
>>
>>I'm not sure if this is US$ or not, but the information is inaccurate, I
>>believe. I purchased a 2x2.4ghz Xeon system for $2000... I just checked Dell's
>>pricing information, and a 2x3.06ghz Xeon Precision 450 with minimal ram and HD
>>costs $3,116 as of today.
>>
>>Matt
>
>Are you sure that you're quoting with the Xeon MP?
>
>http://www.intel.com/products/server/processors/server/xeon_mp/
>
>If it's only 512k of cache, then you're not quoting with the MP.
>
>Keith

I stand corrected. I was quoting a price for the Xeon, and not the Xeon MP. I
love Intel nomenclature :). Two processors does not equal MP, but more than four
does. How silly. My apologies, Vincent, you are correct about the $5000 price
tag.

Regards,
Matt

Matt



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