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From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Mon Jul 9 17:38:39 2001

Sean Caron wrote:
> little bit higher resale value than, say, a Sun or a DEC, but, IMHO, a
> SGI of a given vintage tends to be a little bit more usable as a
> WORKSTATION than a Sun or a
> DEC of similar vintage (no flames, please!) :) That said, I'd take a DEC

Considering an older SGI system is likely to have a lot better graphics than
an older Sun or DEC workstation (both of which seemed to stick with 8-bit
until recently), I'd have to agree. That's the one thing I dislike about my
Sparc 20 (yes, I can add 24-bit, but it costs a bundle) and my OpenVMS
workstations (I did spend a bundle on a 24-bit card for the good one, and
it's crap, stay away from the Elsa Gloria under VMS).

Of course we all know the real reason that 8-bit graphics no longer cut it.
The WWW. Which also seems to be one of the main reasons most people feel
the need for a fast processor.

                Zane
Received on Mon Jul 09 2001 - 17:38:39 BST