I personally find it hard to resist the allure of a Sun workstation for some
reason.  If I were not a college student I could MAYBE dream of affording
one.  You can find some pretty sweet Alpha deals on Ebay.  I have drulled
over them from time to time.  If you want to get real funky you can get some
SGI indys for about 700 bucks with a 21" monitor on Ebay.  I guess this
doesnt really help you make a decision, but I hope it makes your options
more diverse.

- Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: Nathan Saper <natedog@well.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: Workstations


> On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 21:49:19 -0700
> > From: Kevin Brown <kevin_brown@uswest.net>
> > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Workstations
> >
> > > OK, here's the deal: I'm gonna buy a workstation for general use
(serving
> > > up web pages, surfing the 'Net, apps development, etc.), and I'd love
some
> > > suggestions.  Right now, I'm heavily leaning towards a Sun Ultra 5,
but
> > > I'm not sure if I should leave good ole' X86.  I made one recent
journey
> > > out of PC land with my NeXTStation, and it turned out to be less than
I
> > > expected.  Of course, it is a pretty old machine...
> > >
> > > I'm trying to keep the price fairly reasonable (below 5 grand if at
all
> > > possible), but I still want something that will be very useful for a
long
> > > time.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > I'd suggest looking at some of the Linux PC vendors (i.e. VALinux.com)
as you
> > will get a system that truly works with Linux.
>
> I've certainly considered them, as my laptop is VA, and I've been very
> happy with it.  However, I'm not limiting myself to Linux, which is why
> I'm also checking out Suns and others.  (I know this is a Linux list, but
> I also know that there are all sorts of UNIX types here.)
>
> >
> >
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