9 Jul
2001
9 Jul
'01
5:38 p.m.
Sean Caron wrote:
little bit higher resale value than, say, a Sun or a
DEC, but, IMHO, a
SGI of a given vintage tends to be a little bit more usable as a
WORKSTATION than a Sun or a
DEC of similar vintage (no flames, please!) :) That said, I'd take a DEC
Considering an older SGI system is likely to have a lot better graphics than
an older Sun or DEC workstation (both of which seemed to stick with 8-bit
until recently), I'd have to agree. That's the one thing I dislike about my
Sparc 20 (yes, I can add 24-bit, but it costs a bundle) and my OpenVMS
workstations (I did spend a bundle on a 24-bit card for the good one, and
it's crap, stay away from the Elsa Gloria under VMS).
Of course we all know the real reason that 8-bit graphics no longer cut it.
The WWW. Which also seems to be one of the main reasons most people feel
the need for a fast processor.
Zane