Workstation Smarts
Suppose...
You are the head of a national laboratory and you are looking for a powerful workstation to model genetic research or drug interactions or criminal forensics. You don’t have an unlimited budget so you want to avoid spending tens of thousands of dollars on a RISC workstation from the likes of HP and IBM. So you look at the following alternatives (in Canada, as of January 15, 2006)...
Dell Precision 670 XP64 Edition
Two Dual-core 2.8 GHz Xeon processors
800 MHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (400 MHz)
250 GB hard disk
16x DVD burner
256 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 graphics
3 year warranty
$8,870
(With a 512 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, the price is $10,008 - Ouch!)
HP xw9300
Two 2.6 GHz Opteron processors
800 MHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (400 MHz)
73 GB SCSI hard disk
16x DVD burner
256 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 graphics
3 year warranty
$7,299
Sun Java Workstation W2100z
Two 2.6 GHz Opteron processors
800 MHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (400 MHz)
73 GB SCSI hard disk
CD-RW/DVD drive
256 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 graphics
1 year warranty
$8,955
Apple Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 GHz
Two Dual-core 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processors
1.25 GHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (533 MHz)
250 GB hard disk
16x DVD burner
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (terrific graphics!!)
3 year warranty
$6,038
(With a 512 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, the price is $7,598 - still a bargain!)
Notes:
(1) According to this website:
http://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
(2) The Power Mac has a much faster Frontside bus which, with a 2-to-1 CPU-to-bus ratio, significantly improves performance.
As you can see, the Apple Power Mac is absolutely a BARGAIN compared to the closest equivalents from Dell, HP, and Sun!! And the Power Mac is extremely stylish to boot! (The other machines are visual embarrassments.)
No wonder, as the head of a national laboratory, you choose the Power Mac! You are a smart leader.
You are the head of a national laboratory and you are looking for a powerful workstation to model genetic research or drug interactions or criminal forensics. You don’t have an unlimited budget so you want to avoid spending tens of thousands of dollars on a RISC workstation from the likes of HP and IBM. So you look at the following alternatives (in Canada, as of January 15, 2006)...
Dell Precision 670 XP64 Edition
Two Dual-core 2.8 GHz Xeon processors
800 MHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (400 MHz)
250 GB hard disk
16x DVD burner
256 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 graphics
3 year warranty
$8,870
(With a 512 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, the price is $10,008 - Ouch!)
HP xw9300
Two 2.6 GHz Opteron processors
800 MHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (400 MHz)
73 GB SCSI hard disk
16x DVD burner
256 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 graphics
3 year warranty
$7,299
Sun Java Workstation W2100z
Two 2.6 GHz Opteron processors
800 MHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (400 MHz)
73 GB SCSI hard disk
CD-RW/DVD drive
256 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 graphics
1 year warranty
$8,955
Apple Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 GHz
Two Dual-core 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processors
1.25 GHz Frontside bus
4 GB ECC memory (533 MHz)
250 GB hard disk
16x DVD burner
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (terrific graphics!!)
3 year warranty
$6,038
(With a 512 MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, the price is $7,598 - still a bargain!)
Notes:
(1) According to this website:
http://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
- The HP and Sun workstations are terribly underpowered compared to the Power Mac.
- The Dell workstation is equal to the Power Mac.
(2) The Power Mac has a much faster Frontside bus which, with a 2-to-1 CPU-to-bus ratio, significantly improves performance.
As you can see, the Apple Power Mac is absolutely a BARGAIN compared to the closest equivalents from Dell, HP, and Sun!! And the Power Mac is extremely stylish to boot! (The other machines are visual embarrassments.)
No wonder, as the head of a national laboratory, you choose the Power Mac! You are a smart leader.
posted by Darkest Knight | 5:58 PM
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