> In my experience, and E250 or an E450 would make a good desktop
> machine :)

George - that statement in the wrong circles will get your geek card taken 
away.

(putting on my Sun t-shirt, checking the uptimes on the U30, the AXi, and the 
Sparc Cluster)

It's really apples and oranges - no real way you can make a comparison.

My advice to the curious: get on eBay, buy a Sparc 5/170, U30, U60, Ultra 1 or 
2 - and experiment.  It's mind-expanding - like LSD but cheaper.

Benchmarks are like orifices... blah blah blah

Did I mention they run openBSD real purdy?  mmmmmmmm 

Seriously - anyone have any Sun ?'s - throw 'em my way.  
Gary



On Tuesday 14 May 2002 08:29 pm, 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