Todd Walton wrote:
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:13:20 -0600, JD Runyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can find some information here
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/info...
Alas. Numbers don't mean much to me. I was hoping somebody had some
experience on which to base a subjective comparison. Athlon XP vs.
RS/6000 43P 140.
Although I did notice that the pdf said it uses a 200-some volt power
supply, which is pretty measly. That's promising.
Err, you do know the difference between volts and amps, right? The
input voltage of a power supply has nothing to do with how much
power it consumes. You pay for the power, not the volts!
That being said, why would you even want to mess with an older
workstation? I've got a Sun Enterprise 4000 system here that
cost over $70,000, has 4-GB of ram and eight SPARC processors.
I can go down to Fry's and buy a AMD powered desktop Pea Sea
for about $500 that will run rings around the Sun.
Now, if you're just interested on a hobby basis, that's different.
You don't have to justify the cost of a hobby!
Regards,
Lew
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