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From: tomt@maui.coral.COM (Tom Tulinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Graphics workstation for computational medical modeling
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Date: 7 Feb 91 15:12:01 GMT
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I don't work for SGI but I can confirm that the statements of Phil
Karlton and Erik Fortune are basically correct--in fact I think they
are the kind of low-key, factual information that we need more of on
the net.  SGI does make a wide range of workstations and I they are
competitive in price.  

Probably the biggest reason to go with SGI is 3rd party software
availibility.  A lot of people got burned buying Stellars and Ardents
a year or two ago because, though they had great performance, there
wasn't much software available for them.  My former company, a
molecular modeling software company, gave up on supporting a variety
of platforms even at the cost of buying SGI machines for (at least
one) customer.  If you want to buy 3rd party software, ask the
software vendor what platform they recommend.  (Don't beleive the
hardware company's claims about software; many ports have been
announced but not completed.)


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