15 Aug
2002
15 Aug
'02
2:49 a.m.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Dan Wright wrote:
Patrick Finnegan said:
Well, would it suprise you that in CPU/memory performance, my friend's
PIII-600MHz Dell beat the Blade 100 in performance? Well, in one or two
tests, the Blade 100 edged out the P-III by at best 1%. What annoys me is
that Purdue is buying loads of them to replace the U5's in computer
labs...
I should have the benchmark results here:
http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~finnegpt/benchmarks/
-- Pat
If you're looking for REALLY bad Price/Performance ratios for "standard
stuff," look at Sun's Blade 100s. I swear that an 300MHz Sun Ultra 5 is
just as fast (and a helluva lot cheaper).
Huh? The Blade 100 is dirt cheap! Cheaper then a new Ultra 5! unless you're
talking about getting a used U5, and then well, I guess you have a point...
Not that I'd buy either one anyway... the UltraSparc III workstations are the
way to go. Sunblade 1000 or better for sure for my money :)