Todd Szymanski wrote on 04/27/06 11:01 AM:
I've been looking at the specs of the SunRay 2 and 2FS and I was hoping
someone could answer the following questions:
1) Only the SunRay 2 (at 1600x1200) is mentioned to have 2D Graphics
Acceleration. Graphics Acceleration is noticeably absent from the
feature list of the 2FS. While the 2FS can drive dual 1920x1200
screens, if you only need 1600x1200 are you going to have better
performance with a SunRay 2 as opposed to a 2FS?
I don't know for sure, but I'd guess that that's a "bug" in the
marketing materials. I don't think there's anything the SR2 can do that
the SR2FS can't (except being smaller and less expensive)
2) The SunRay 2FS is said to have Native dual-head (Xinerama). Is
Xinerama a configurable option? Some applications behave better in a
dual head environment when Xinerama is not enabled.
It's not actually Xinerama - it just looks and feels like it. Really,
it's one big "frame buffer" that happens to span two monitors -
therefore it is not possible to use it in a conventional "multihead"
configuration (where each monitor is a separate X11 "screen").
3) The new units require much less power. Does anyone know if Sun
considered supporting Cisco's In-Line power spec (
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns165/networking_solutions_audience_business_benefit09186a0080154647.html
<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns165/networking_solutions_audience_business_benefit09186a0080154647.html>)?
Providing power over the Ethernet cable would reduce the number of
cables, assuming it was available. Like IP Phones, the units would have
to support a standard power cord or brick for when In-Line power is not
available.
Remember that still have to power the monitor. The benefit of having
one less cable probably wouldn't justify the additional cost. The
benefit of PoE usually comes in where a device needs to be installed
in a location where power is not readily available - e.g. a WiFi access
point installed above a false-ceiling.
~D..
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