Comment Fastest Desktop? Ummmmm NO! (Score 1) 228
What a Joke this is! 1600mhz Athlon. Hmm. Fastest desktop.
You mean it's faster than a SunBlade1000 Desktop with a 64 Bit UltraSparcIII?
You mean it's faster than a IBM Power4 Desktop with the 64 bit version of the PowerPC(multiple processor versions of which are beaten out by the single processor configuration of the SunBlade)
You mean it's faster than a Mac G4 with a 128 Bit Vector Processing Engine? (DVD encoding in 4 hours, nice)
It's funny you're all worrying about if your machines will crash if they get any faster. Not everyone runs Windows. I do, I run Windows 2000 on an Althon machine, and laugh every time the Sun workstation sitting next to it totally beats it out on simple tasks. It's funny that they both cost the same.
Let me share my view of the Intel Platform:
1. It's terribly slow and broken.
2. It's terribly popular
3. People are arrogant about the hardware, and dont like Windows. They boast high mhz ratings that really mean absolutly nothing.
4. People who dont like windows use Linux, because they are too stubborn, arrogant, or misinformed to buy a real UNIX machine. It's like someone on a race track with a honda civic and a racing stripe, next to an Audi Rally car.
5. People who use Linux say it's UNIX because they think that's cool. They can easily run a real UNIX variant such as Solaris/Intel on their machines that can actually run Linux, and Solaris/Intel software. People think Linux is the most solid operating system in the world. It's actually the most quirky piece of crap I've ever run into.
6. Everyone thinks 64 bit is something incredibly new. It isnt. I dont mean graphics cards to play quake on, people. I mean honest to goodness 64 bit processing. Intel didnt invent the 64 bit processor with IA-64. It's like you gave a GEO Metro a hubcap and watch the owner race around thinking "I am da bomb"
7. Windows is actually a pretty decent home user operating system. The notion that you can run a business with Microsoft SQL server is hilarous. Good luck. Perhaps Microsoft can run a campaign to sell their software as "Server software for the undereducated"
I have Macs, PCs, Suns, etc. in my house. I use them all. Windows isnt bad, it's actually got some good points to it--but it has to contend with the sh*t hardware underneath it all. Linux has appeared as a fungal growth. I encourage all Linux users to use Solaris and LxRun, you'll get so much more out of it, and have the ability to run cool (free for personal use) commercal software products made for the Solaris/Intel platform. Linux, and X-Window variants that run on it are terribly non-standard. It's just like Windows server software, which is terribly non standard. You're not part of the answer at all, you're part of the same problem.
Linux users get Solaris/Intel
People who think their Intel machines are fast and cost efficent, get a clue
Those looking to buy a server, dont touch Intel unless it's a server appliance
And for god sakes, kill that damn penguin!
You mean it's faster than a SunBlade1000 Desktop with a 64 Bit UltraSparcIII?
You mean it's faster than a IBM Power4 Desktop with the 64 bit version of the PowerPC(multiple processor versions of which are beaten out by the single processor configuration of the SunBlade)
You mean it's faster than a Mac G4 with a 128 Bit Vector Processing Engine? (DVD encoding in 4 hours, nice)
It's funny you're all worrying about if your machines will crash if they get any faster. Not everyone runs Windows. I do, I run Windows 2000 on an Althon machine, and laugh every time the Sun workstation sitting next to it totally beats it out on simple tasks. It's funny that they both cost the same.
Let me share my view of the Intel Platform:
1. It's terribly slow and broken.
2. It's terribly popular
3. People are arrogant about the hardware, and dont like Windows. They boast high mhz ratings that really mean absolutly nothing.
4. People who dont like windows use Linux, because they are too stubborn, arrogant, or misinformed to buy a real UNIX machine. It's like someone on a race track with a honda civic and a racing stripe, next to an Audi Rally car.
5. People who use Linux say it's UNIX because they think that's cool. They can easily run a real UNIX variant such as Solaris/Intel on their machines that can actually run Linux, and Solaris/Intel software. People think Linux is the most solid operating system in the world. It's actually the most quirky piece of crap I've ever run into.
6. Everyone thinks 64 bit is something incredibly new. It isnt. I dont mean graphics cards to play quake on, people. I mean honest to goodness 64 bit processing. Intel didnt invent the 64 bit processor with IA-64. It's like you gave a GEO Metro a hubcap and watch the owner race around thinking "I am da bomb"
7. Windows is actually a pretty decent home user operating system. The notion that you can run a business with Microsoft SQL server is hilarous. Good luck. Perhaps Microsoft can run a campaign to sell their software as "Server software for the undereducated"
I have Macs, PCs, Suns, etc. in my house. I use them all. Windows isnt bad, it's actually got some good points to it--but it has to contend with the sh*t hardware underneath it all. Linux has appeared as a fungal growth. I encourage all Linux users to use Solaris and LxRun, you'll get so much more out of it, and have the ability to run cool (free for personal use) commercal software products made for the Solaris/Intel platform. Linux, and X-Window variants that run on it are terribly non-standard. It's just like Windows server software, which is terribly non standard. You're not part of the answer at all, you're part of the same problem.
Linux users get Solaris/Intel
People who think their Intel machines are fast and cost efficent, get a clue
Those looking to buy a server, dont touch Intel unless it's a server appliance
And for god sakes, kill that damn penguin!
