From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Aug 2 21:46:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA25076 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:46:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vanessa.eliuk.org (pme47.sunshine.net [209.17.178.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA25071 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:46:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by vanessa.eliuk.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA00390; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:45:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cagey@vanessa.eliuk.org) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:44:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" Reply-To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" To: Mike Smith cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Anyone have an opinion on PandaProject In-Reply-To: <199808021900.MAA09190@antipodes.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Mike Smith wrote: => Looks like a pleasantly expensive way of buying a PC. If you're into => locking yourself to a single vendor with a proprietary bus, go for it. => I would consider it an educational experience to compare the cost of => upgrading one of their system with the cost of purchasing an entire => new commodity-component system. => The mechanicals actually look quite nice; plenty of cooling, etc., but => the proprietary CPU/bridge/memory cards are a major lose. => This quote: => "Dataquest has no doubts that passive back planes will garner sizable => success as a next generation server architecture. Passive back plane => systems give the customer more choices in building customizable client => server solutions down to the componentry level." => is a laugh for anyone that's lived outside the PC arena. This I'll take your advice and word on. => > Probably wouldn't be looking at a server model but the ST-300 => > => > http://www.rockcity.net/order/computers.asp?Action=Specs&computer_type=ST-300 => > => > looks very impressive for $1295US. => => How to market a boring computer: add trivial frills. I hardly have the experience in hardware to understand the technical descriptions that you obviously do and I hadn't considered the proprietary aspect. Most of what I learned is from asking questions such as this one. => Ultimately, you'll want to decide what it is you want. So far, it => seems that coolness is more important to you than functionality. In a => year or two, you will have a very cool heap of junk. 8) And I'll have a cool aluminum cube on my desk. Maybe I'll just visit a local metal fabricator, come up with a cool line of `Daemon' case designs :) => On the other hand, you can build something equivalent in performance => for less, or spend the same money on something boring but somewhat => better. Thanks for the informed reply. Regards, Kevin G. Eliuk Discover Rock Solid, Discover FreeBSD | http://www.FreeBSD.Org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message