Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 10:40:42 09/17/99
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On September 17, 1999 at 13:20:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 17, 1999 at 11:57:52, Owen Lyne wrote: >[snip] >>What kind of price are we talking about though? I thought alphas were >>in a whole different price range....? You don't see them at tyour local >>computer shop unfortunately (or if you do, I want to visit >>your shop!). >$3500 for a Linux ready box. >http://www.dec.com/hpc/news/news_pr100599a.html For $3.5k you can buy state-of-the-art Intel system, with at least two CPUs. Yes, each of CPUs will be slower than single 466MHz 21264. But two of them will be faster. And I suspect that you can buy not state-of-the-art, but "normal" dual-CPU Intel system as fast as that Alpha system for $3.5k/2 = $1.75k. Or even $3.5k/3 = $1.2k. I agree that in the full configuration huge Alpha system will be faster than the biggest Intel-based system. But it'll cost *much* more. Of course there are applications where you need that performance regardless of the price, but I think that for majority of people/tasks price is very important. Eugene >>And is it not the case that Alpha and NT are going their separate ways in >>future? Much as I dislike being in the Microsoft majority (ie owning >>and using their software) there is is still much catching up to be >>done to make other options match up all round (though for specific purposes, >>there have been and are plenty of viable options, of course). As a general >>purpose home office, chess computer and games machine (as in Quake, >>Command and Conquer, Civilisation, car racing games etc) Wintel has the bases >>covered - Linux is gradually filling in gaps and anything else is a stretch? >>For a workplace environment, not such a stretch... And even there, >>perhaps Linux on Intel/AMD type boxes is a way to go... For pretty >>good value processing, if not the eyepopping NPS ;) >Something to keep in mind: >NT for Alpha is dead. Kaput, terminal, R.I.P. (Formal COMPAQ announcement). >Too bad. >But you can still use: >0. Tru64 UNIX >1. OpenVMS >2. Linux
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