From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 15 8:30:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADEBA15492 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:30:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA05462; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:27:26 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991215092357.04938b50@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:27:22 -0700 To: David Scheidt From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? Cc: Jamie Bowden , Terry Lambert , noslenj@swbell.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.58.19991215010917.048dfae0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:02 AM 12/15/1999 , David Scheidt wrote: >On NonPC machines, CPU cost is a pretty small fraction of system >cost. That's because, on more proprietary systems, the costs of other components are artificially high -- usually by artifice. I remember trying to put a generic SCSI drive into an SGI system several years ago. It was a struggle, because they used special mounting brackets and a special connector, trying to make it look as if you HAD to buy the drive from them at 4X the going price. But it was a plain old SCSI drive, and you could tell which brand by looking at the mechanical design. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message