Slightly OT: SUN Ultra 30 Workstation equivalence

[George Toft]

I've always been a champion of underpowered hardware :)

George


Tom Jones wrote:
> 
> Funny you should say that, in my experience, an E450 would make a pretty
> good nightstand.
> 
> TJ
> 
> On Tue, 14 May 2002, George Toft wrote:
> 
> > Read a performance comparison a few months ago in LJ.  The author, with
> > many disclaimers, showed the same code on a Sun E250 running about 1/2
> > as fast as a Pentium 800.  Similar amounts of RAM and Hard Drives.
> >
> > With that "benchmark" all you need to do is equate a Sun Ultra 30 to an
> > E250.  In my experience, and E250 or an E450 would make a good desktop
> > machine :)
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> > AZ_Pete wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know roughly what a SUN Ultra 30 workstation (with 256Mb ram)
> > > would be equivalent to on an x86 architecture.
> > > Is it about the same as a P3-800Mhz, or P2-400Mhz, or P4???
> > >
> > > I know that the SUNs use RISC chips and there is no "direct conversion"
> > > between the two, but a rough guideline would be helpful.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Peter
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