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From: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: hardware costs, again...
Message-ID: <6757@turnkey.TCC.COM>
Date: 26 May 90 19:53:27 GMT
References: <5620@seac.UUCP> <1990May23.163155.4933@ico.isc.com> <35O3P93@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990May25.004135.351@ico.isc.com> <136279@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel)
Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Westchester, CA
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In article <136279@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> plocher@Eng.Sun.COM (John Plocher) writes:
>To put it in perspective, .... the new Sun SLC
>comes with
[.... description of the SLC deleted....]
>
>	$4k - $6k (And NO FAN noise!!!)

Don't get me wrong John, I was very interested in this new SPARC and there
is nothing I would love more than to have one on my desk, but come on now
to REALLY put things in perspective as you say let's not over look one
significant cost you forgot to mention. This is a diskless workstation and
therefore it needs a server to run the boot daemon and to hold the required
binaries!! This can run you a mere $20,000 :-} :-}. To be fair of course,
if you distribute the cost of the server over twenty or more SLC's it is
still a really cost-effective proposition, but you can't just compare it
to a standalone 386 box.

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Jack F. Vogel			jackv@locus.com
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