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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: IBM 6000 vs HP 9000 series 700
Message-ID: <19427@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 28 Jun 91 13:33:59 GMT
References: <1991Jun25.160925.53455@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Organization: Cheeseburger in Paradise, Le Select, St Barts., FWI
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In article <1991Jun25.160925.53455@eagle.wesleyan.edu> hoberoi@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>Hi,
>	here goes:
>	any comparisons of RS6000 530/540 etc with the HP Apollo 9000 series
>	700 machines ?
>                                                                        
>	HP claims better SPECmarks for all the comparable models

You need to compare some HP model against the 550 as well.  I won't
go into the dangers of comparing today's hot box against last years
hot box, but try to keep in mind that with technology changing as
rapidly as it does, you really have to compare the latest technology
against the latest technology.  You also have to compare bang/$$$
as well.  Merely stacking the lowest performance HP against the
lowest performance IBM machine is neither accurate nor fair (but
commonly does pass for a marketing strategy ...)
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