Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:13:51 +0200 (MESZ) From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: Sean Harding <sharding@oregon.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What tipped the balance Message-ID: <Marcel-1.46-0729031351-d07Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.00.9807280938410.403-100000@gutenberg.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue 28 Jul, Sean Harding wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, David Wolfskill wrote: > > > As for FreeBSD... well, here at work is the only time I've used it. I > > still find PC hardware significantly more challenging than I think any > > hardware has any right to be. > > I can certainly agree with that! At work, I admin Solaris and IRIX > machines...There are, of course, difficulties, but the hardware is really > worth the extra money, IMHO. That depends, IMHO. It's not only the hardware, also the software: price of StarOffice4 for Windows: something around 400 DM price of StarOffice4 for Linux: nought ! zero price of StarOffice4 for Solaris almost 1000 DM As a Solaris-user, I'd really feel, hm, well, you know.... But then, the SGI-machines (and the add-ons) are soo expensive, 1000 DM + or - won't hurt..... ;-) > My only (personal) FreeBSD machine is one > that I built from used parts for under $300...Actually, that's my only If you spend that little on PC-hardware, you can't expect anything. Really. > A little extra $$$ for non-PC hardware is always worth it if you can > afford it. I almost exclusively use SCSI (Drives, CDROM) and fast RAM) this solves many problems and creates new ones (cable-lenght of U-SCSI, termination, external devices...) But the drives have longer MTBFs(x2) and longer warranty(3-5 years+). A better throughput also helps. I make world in just under 4 hours. Sun hardware is IMHO almost unaffordable for non-corporate users. SGI is even worse and there's little software for HP other then RDBMS and some CAD-packages.... The 'little extra' comes out as several 1000 (or 10000) $$$. > Now, we just need to get FreeBSD running on some better hardware, and > we'll be set :-) There's a FreeBSD for Alpha Project (don't know the URL off-hand). If I hadn't bought a PC some time ago, I'd buy an Alpha soon. The performance must be absolutely crazy ! cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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