> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:sunray-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Burtch > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:16 PM > To: SunRay-Users mailing list > Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Why SunRay? > Yeah, and they cost the farm when they're new. > How many people do you know who have 10-GB networks at home? > Just because it exists doesn't automatically make everything before > obsolete and unusable.
Why do respondent's keep talking about what people are doing with Sun Rays at home? I don't think this is Sun's target market. (Whether or not it should be is another discussion.) > > Besides, the argument _isn't_ that Sun Rays _never_ need replacing, > only that they have a drastically longer refresh cycle than a PC. Actually, it is. Read about Sun Rays on Sun's website. Every marketing document talks about how they will never be obsolete. Here's one for you now.... http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/desktop_mgmt.pdf "They do not become obsolete because they don't need additional RAM or CPU power." > They didn't fall out of popularity due to no longer being capable of > displaying the newest user interface (your argument against the Sun > Ray longevity). I actually never gave any specific reason, other than not being able to do full screen/full motion video... > They fell out of popularity because PCs became comodity items (read: > cheap) and quickly became a popular item to distribute power to each > person's desktop. Businesses switched to PCs from Unix as they were > cheaper than the previous combination. > I spent a long time trying to find some for my home... but even used > they were far too expensive. They weren't a comodity item, so the > price wasn't driven down... even used I couldn't afford them at the > time. > The Sun Ray 1, on the other hand... I have 5 that I got via eBay for > less than the cost of one used NCD. Only 5? I've got 9 Sun Ray 150s and 3 Sun Ray 1s. I paid $50 each for them, even the 150s :) _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
