Sparc has a lot of sex appeal, but I'm worried about boxing myself into
a non-mainstream technology. I believe the preferred 64bit processor is
the AMD these days. Intel seems to have lost the battle, strange to say.
But, again, the notebooks run very hot and that forces the processor
speed down.
I don't know. I'm trying to decide.
As for the old notebooks, I'll use 'em for firewalls or servers of some
sort. There's some very appealing technology out there that works like
RDP but with advantages. I could run a superfast 64bit at home and
connect to it by EVDO. Ideally, I could use an inferior but conveniently
sized notebook and enjoy the full resources of a fast desktop with a
high speed connection.
Wish I could remember what that RDP look alike is called.
Regards and Merry Christmas
Robert Schainbaum
Hammond, Robin-David%KB3IEN wrote:
Im rather happy with the the g4/5 powerbooks, i've also heard good
things about the sparcbooks [
http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/html/products/mobile/sparcbook/ ] the
UltraSparc IIi chips substancialy outperform thier 32bit predecessors
too.
The sparcbooks are very well priced these days the 32000 USD entry
price or yore has yielded to a more reasonabe 3000 entry price,
probably clearing house for the new Niagra chips...
Linux supports the Niagras, also the old Ultra II's and the g4/5,
although I would lead to NetBSD (no SMP on Ultra) or where not
available Solaris 10.
Dont forget to turn the old laptops into WAPs!
On Sun, 25 Dec 2005, Schainbaum, Robert wrote:
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:34:51 -0500
From: "Schainbaum, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [nycwireless] this might not be the ideal place to ask, but ...
Does anyone have an opinion about the value of getting a 64 bit
machine? Desktop or laptop?
My impression is that the laptops don't offer any performance
advantage. It's just something to boast about.
I don't really know whether the 64 bit desktops run faster. I haven't
used a desktop in years.
And what's the ideal operating system for it? I've always thought
Linux was optimized for the x86 processor. I'd be surprised if it
significantly outperforms on a 64 bit machine.
Regards
Robert Schainbaum
PS Happy Christmas to all.
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