Shao Wu wrote: >For persnal use, I would suggest to go with AMD -- you can swap the processor >at a later time for a faster cpu or for quart-core chips without replacing the >machine. Just make sure your machine is using AM2 socket (AMD machines that >are using DDR2 memory modules). > >
Go the SPARC way of life. I recommend you a cheap used SunBlade 1000 (==2000). ebay ... The sb1k/2k will never disappoint you. It's only a bit power hungry but it is worth that extra money. It's one of the fastest sun4u machines, still. Very reliable, expandable (i.e. ieee1394a external hdds) and silent. No RISC no fun. AMD64 boxes are admittedly also tempting, I agree. But is it love?? If you decide to go x64: The Ultra20 is cheap and good. Or go and buy both (as I did) : A moderate U20 plus SB1000 can be purchased for much less together, than a single "state of the art" U20 or U40. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
