Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!dalnet!dlss2!james From: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: another 3b2 question Message-ID: <72@dlss2.UUCP> Date: 12 Jul 90 03:33:29 GMT References: <23386@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) Distribution: usa Organization: RedRock Development Lines: 24 It depends... I know a fella bought a 3B2/400 with quite a bit of software and some extra boards in it for less than $6K, but then our 3B2/700 went for $75K+. It would vary wildly with the vendor (AT&T being somewhat higher occasionally). What you get should depend on what you want to do with it...if you're really going to pound it; get the bigger machines with Multi-Processor options. If you're going to do light duty, several users, you can get by with the smaller machines (400/500). Light is defined as word processing, e-mail, etc . Heavy is defined as everything data base, spread sheet, compiling and running several C programs, lots of news or network activity. If you fall in between get the Multi-Processors. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ |Disclaimer: | James Cummings | | You can't blame me! | UUCP: | | I'm ignorant! | ..swblat!{texbell!texnet.. | |+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+| swgate!dlss1..}!dlss2!james | |Send flames to: | NET: | | sowc@devnull.com | jc@smunews | | | | =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+