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From: wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)
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Subject: Re: Single user vs. shared (was Re:
Keywords: X-terminals, process/task distribution OS/2
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Date: 22 Mar 90 20:28:02 GMT
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In article <18713@boulder.Colorado.EDU> wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU
(WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)  I write:
>Where else can I spend $5000, and get a machine that compares in pure
>performance to the top quality Suns and other workstations that sell for
>up to $30,000.

I should have said:
Where else can I spend $6500, and get a machine at street prices that
copmares about the same in performance benchmarks as medium quality Stand-Alone
Suns and other workstations that you are likely to find on a deskTop.

(look at Byte's latest Unix benchmaks---Primary the Everex System----
You can get clone systems that are give 98% of the speed of the
Everex and cost $4000.  All that need be added are the co-processor 
graphics system,
the hard-drive and the operating system----Easily can be done for under
$2500)

I admit I did get a little carryed away in my original posting--But I do
still stand by my general view of X running at least Motif.... I was
actually really looking forward to seeing Motif on our machines until
I saw its performance. It was only when I saw Motif run on a DecStation
3100 configured almost identically to the ~$39,000 Reviewed model in Byte
a couple of months ago, that I have seen what I consider acceptable
(In this case- much better than acceptable---blinding) implementation.
Yet the point remains, X running Motif is expensive for the performance
that it actually yeilds!

Dean Wallwey