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Sample of their prices
Silicon Graphics Prism Deskside Host System. Includes DVD-ROM.
2 x 1.6GHz/3MB Itanium2
2 x ATI FireGL X3 Graphics Card with 256MB Graphics Memory
3 x 8GB DDR 1 Memory (4x2GB), 133MHz
2 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA Drive
SGI Advanced Linux® Environment with SGI ProPack™
19" LCD Flat Panel Display
Power Cord - USA, Canada
Global Services Warranty Card, System Registration and Services,
Reference Guide for Systems Shipped Worldwide
USB Keyboard Kit - U.S.
CD-ROM Update Media Requirement - For Support Only
FullCare One Year Warranty
========================================
$38,941
SATA drives????
19' LCD???
Funny thing, with machine for $40000 they even specify POWER CORD????
How low is one prepared to go to get one additional line in specs? Or
is this some special power
ultra_best_ever_and_I_mean_ever_since_the_invention_of_sliced_bread
cord. I bet electricity flies there (hell, it's better that it does,
to power 2 Itanium2).
Their cheapest model here is $10000:
http://www.storejrt.com/prismdeskside_bundles.html
server prices
http://www.storejrt.com/a330_bundles.html
Who in the right mind would spend so much on Itanium???
And in case if anyone wonders what ProPack is:
SGI ProPack for Linux --Contains:
* XVM, NUMA tools (cpuset, dlock, dplace,) CSA (comprehensive system
accounting), Linux jobs support,FLEXlm, xpmem (cross partioning user
library), MPT (mpi libraries) and SCSL (math and science libraries),
FFIO (flexible file I/O libraries).
* QuickTransit™ - IRIX® to Linux translation tools for Silicon
Graphics Prism
* Performance Co-Pilot™
* ESP (embedded support partner)
* Intel® compiler runtime libraries
* REACT 4.2 real-time Extension
* Graphics and Digital Media support
* OpenGL Performer™, OpenGL Volumizer™, OpenGL Multipipe™, OpenGL
Vizserver™, OpenML® Media Library
I wonder how stupid does one have to be at SGI not to understand
reason for their failure.
Sample of their prices
Silicon Graphics Prism Deskside Host System. Includes DVD-ROM.
2 x 1.6GHz/3MB Itanium2
2 x ATI FireGL X3 Graphics Card with 256MB Graphics Memory
3 x 8GB DDR 1 Memory (4x2GB), 133MHz
2 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA Drive
SGI Advanced Linux® Environment with SGI ProPack™
19" LCD Flat Panel Display
Power Cord - USA, Canada
Global Services Warranty Card, System Registration and Services,
Reference Guide for Systems Shipped Worldwide
USB Keyboard Kit - U.S.
CD-ROM Update Media Requirement - For Support Only
FullCare One Year Warranty
========================================
$38,941
SATA drives????
19' LCD???
Funny thing, with machine for $40000 they even specify POWER CORD????
How low is one prepared to go to get one additional line in specs? Or
is this some special power
ultra_best_ever_and_I_mean_ever_since_the_invention_of_sliced_bread
cord. I bet electricity flies there (hell, it's better that it does,
to power 2 Itanium2).
Their cheapest model here is $10000:
http://www.storejrt.com/prismdeskside_bundles.html
server prices
http://www.storejrt.com/a330_bundles.html
Who in the right mind would spend so much on Itanium???
And in case if anyone wonders what ProPack is:
SGI ProPack for Linux --Contains:
* XVM, NUMA tools (cpuset, dlock, dplace,) CSA (comprehensive system
accounting), Linux jobs support,FLEXlm, xpmem (cross partioning user
library), MPT (mpi libraries) and SCSL (math and science libraries),
FFIO (flexible file I/O libraries).
* QuickTransit™ - IRIX® to Linux translation tools for Silicon
Graphics Prism
* Performance Co-Pilot™
* ESP (embedded support partner)
* Intel® compiler runtime libraries
* REACT 4.2 real-time Extension
* Graphics and Digital Media support
* OpenGL Performer™, OpenGL Volumizer™, OpenGL Multipipe™, OpenGL
Vizserver™, OpenML® Media Library
I wonder how stupid does one have to be at SGI not to understand
reason for their failure.