stuart wrote:
> I realise that both of the above points are contentious issues. The reason > I posted to the group was to get input from 'real-world' people who actually > use these hardware/software configurations, such as yourself. As a result > of your appreciated input, I am now swaying towards SCSI and dual-processor > based mainboard, unless anyone else wants to contribute... Well, like we said with Dave's initial query - if you are doing mainly Java3D development then the dual procs are a worthwhile investment as Java3d is multithreaded internally and will explicitly make use of them them it if can. As for SCSI, we'll that, for anyone is debatable, but if you are doing heavy texturing work then I think it is an investment. Of course, the other argument for the extra expense is that 18months down the track when the hardware is a little dated for 3D work, it makes one hell of a kick-arse server that will last you for another couple of years of useful serious work. Just add a tape drive for backups and you're away. -- Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ Freelance Java Consultant http://www.yumetech.com/ Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer http://www.j3d.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Humanism is dead. Animals think, feel; so do machines now. Neither man nor woman is the measure of all things. Every organism processes data according to its domain, its environment; you, with all your brains, would be useless in a mouse's universe..." - Greg Bear, Slant ------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
