I run SX:CR on my Sun Blade 2000, compaq laptop, and a vmware instance for my work laptop. I do agree that there needs to be parity between the platforms. A good example is how CD audio works fine on x86 with build 54, but not on my SB2k. It's little things like that which should not be overlooked. I know much of the development is happening on x86/x64 these days. But SPARC is still important for developers, sysadmins, and of course production environments. Seeing how the T1 platform has taken off, I'd be will to say that SPARC is alive and well.
It would be nice to see a cost effective SPARC based desktop for sysadmins, developers, etc. As things stand, the Ultra25 and Ultra45 are a bit expensive which pressures users to buy an x64 box. Ideally, I'd like to see something like this: T1 (4 core) 8GB RAM (max) 2 x SAS drives 1 x DVD-RW 3D Nvidia Card (Dual DVI) 2 x USB for keyboard/mouse 4 x USB 2.0 for devices 2 x Firewire 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports 1 x Wireless card 2 x DB9 Serial ports High quality audio ins and outs External Power supply Have this all of this integrated onto a single board (minus the hdd's and dvd). It should fit into a case about the size of a Mac mini (perhaps a little bigger, but it should be flatter). It should look like a cross between a mac mini and an old IPX. So brushed aluminum, purple/blue led's, lit sun logo, etc. It should be extremely quiet and not over-heat. It should start around $800 and go up depending on RAM and HDD config. If Sun were to be serious about SPARC desktops, I think this would be the killer box. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Systems Engineer http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/sysadmin/ http://unixconsole.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:38:01 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system... Martin Bochnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Sounds _very_ interesting. > >But I have to admit, that I'm not totally sure, if I'm already qualified > >enough. > >Lack of time would be the next problem. > > > > > > > > What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC > enthusiasts seems to be left. > Did you already ask that question over at OpenSPARC (you probably did?) ? I did not.... I wanted to first see how many people might be interested. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
