Everyday at work I fall farther and farther in love with the P4. My work system is a P4 1.8ghz, 512 RDRAM, Dell workstation. Do you guys work on a system where you wish you could have the exact same workstation at home?
Oh how I wish I had a P4...
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I wouldn't say, rich. It's just that all that we do is on the PC (Software Development and Managed Hosting). So having a top of the line workstation is a must, our productivity is through the roof. Makes the company look good
Everyday at work I fall farther and farther in love with the P4. My work system is a P4 1.8ghz, 512 RDRAM, Dell workstation. Do you guys work on a system where you wish you could have the exact same workstation at home?
Yeah Dell's are very solid machines (Gateway too). What do you like most about your Dell system, did it come with that cool looking black case and black flat screen Trinitron monitor. I've seen those, and they look absolutely awesome!
Yeah Dell's are very solid machines (Gateway too). What do you like most about your Dell system, did it come with that cool looking black case and black flat screen Trinitron monitor. I've seen those, and they look absolutely awesome!
I have a Dell P4 1.8ghz workstation computer at work too. It sucks. Anything NON-SMP with only one processor has such slow response times and can't do more than one thing at a time well at all. Much rather have my dual-celeron system.
Yeah Dell's are very solid machines (Gateway too). What do you like most about your Dell system, did it come with that cool looking black case and black flat screen Trinitron monitor. I've seen those, and they look absolutely awesome!
Yeah it is. It's a 19 inch flat screen. So nice
The thing I like most is the reliability of it. I run so many different things at one time (Rational Rose, JBuilder, Outlook, Weblogic Server (for testing it's on my local machine), and a bunch of IE browsers (for AT of course). This baby handles all of those tasks and still has plenty of power to spare.
Yeah it is. It's a 19 inch flat screen. So nice
The thing I like most is the reliability of it. I run so many different things at one time (Rational Rose, JBuilder, Outlook, Weblogic Server (for testing it's on my local machine), and a bunch of IE browsers (for AT of course
). This baby handles all of those tasks and still has plenty of power to spare.I have a P4, and I'm not impressed.
That said, I am using my dream machines on a daily basis. 100% SCSI-based Dual AthlonMP workhorses. The hell with overpriced and underpowered Dell machines.
Kudos to AMD for providing an affordable and absolutely smoking duallie workstation platform that destroys the competition and leaves you a few bucks in the wallet
That said, I am using my dream machines on a daily basis. 100% SCSI-based Dual AthlonMP workhorses. The hell with overpriced and underpowered Dell machines.
Kudos to AMD for providing an affordable and absolutely smoking duallie workstation platform that destroys the competition and leaves you a few bucks in the wallet
yuk i hate Rational...ack my final exam on it is tommorow...
Accually Rose aint to bad, it can be fun drawing those pictures.
Accually Rose aint to bad, it can be fun drawing those pictures.
I have two workstations here in front of me: a HP C3600 (single 552MHz PA-RISC 8600 w/ 4GB RAM) running HP-UX 11 and an IBM IntelliStation M Pro (dual 1.8GHz Xeon workstation with 2GB RDRAM) running Linux. I've had the former for about 2 years and the latter for about 2 months and I am starting to really like the Pentium 4 box. In many integer applications it's substantially faster (like 100% faster) than the C3600 that I have and when I have binaries from both, I find that the Linux box finishes integer jobs much faster. Apparently, they are upgrading me to an HP C3700 over Christmas, so maybe my opinion will shift back to the HP, but for right now the Pentium 4 workstation that I have is my favorite. The HP workstation has an HP P1110 21" trinitron, and the Linux box has a NEC Multisync FP1350X 21" and I definitely like the HP P1110 over the Multisync, although the NEC monitor is certainly a vast improvement over my 17" Viewsonic that I have at home. Compared to my home system, I like the IBM box more, but not enough that I really wish they'd let me take it home. It's better than what I have (1.8GHz Pentium 4 w/ 512MB PC2100) but not enough that I really drool over it.
Lucked out Got a kickass system from Intel for free to test and keep.
I've had it since early September and I am fully surprised at how great it runs.
2Ghz Intel P4 S478
512MB Samsung PC800 RIMMjob
40GB Maxtor HDD
16X Hitachi DVD-ROM
16X/10X/40X Sony CD-RW
Floppy!!!
64MB Leadtek GeForce3
SBLive Value
10/100 Intel Pro/100 NIC
Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 speakers
MS Internet Keyboard Pro
MS Intellimouse Explorer
Windows XP
Windows ME
No monitor but it was something I was willing to overlook.
Windogg
oh yea. THANK YOU INTEL!!!
Got a kickass system from Intel for free to test and keep.I've had it since early September and I am fully surprised at how great it runs.
2Ghz Intel P4 S478
512MB Samsung PC800 RIMMjob
40GB Maxtor HDD
16X Hitachi DVD-ROM
16X/10X/40X Sony CD-RW
Floppy!!!
64MB Leadtek GeForce3
SBLive Value
10/100 Intel Pro/100 NIC
Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 speakers
MS Internet Keyboard Pro
MS Intellimouse Explorer
Windows XP
Windows ME
No monitor but it was something I was willing to overlook.
Windogg
oh yea. THANK YOU INTEL!!!
<< I've had it since early September and I am fully surprised at how great it runs.
2Ghz Intel P4 S478
512MB Samsung PC800 RIMMjob
64MB Leadtek GeForce3
...... >>
With those specs, why would you be surprised?
<< I have two workstations here in front of me: a HP C3600 (single 552MHz PA-RISC 8600 w/ 4GB RAM) running HP-UX 11 and an IBM IntelliStation M Pro (dual 1.8GHz Xeon workstation with 2GB RDRAM) running Linux. I've had the former for about 2 years and the latter for about 2 months and I am starting to really like the Pentium 4 box. In many integer applications it's substantially faster (like 100% faster) than the C3600 that I have and when I have binaries from both, I find that the Linux box finishes integer jobs much faster. Apparently, they are upgrading me to an HP C3700 over Christmas, so maybe my opinion will shift back to the HP, but for right now the Pentium 4 workstation that I have is my favorite. The HP workstation has an HP P1110 21" trinitron, and the Linux box has a NEC Multisync FP1350X 21" and I definitely like the HP P1110 over the Multisync, although the NEC monitor is certainly a vast improvement over my 17" Viewsonic that I have at home. Compared to my home system, I like the IBM box more, but not enough that I really wish they'd let me take it home. It's better than what I have (1.8GHz Pentium 4 w/ 512MB PC2100) but not enough that I really drool over it. >>
So...When can i get the latter off you? we had a deal didnt we? We did!
ON another point. about a year ago on a Science magazine i read that Sonic Foundry spends USD$6000 on a new system for each workstations they got there every 6 month. I know the magazine is very reliable but can anyone confirm that?
>>>Do you guys work on a system where you wish you could have the exact same workstation at home?<<<
Hell no. I have a measly Celeron 600 at work. At home I have a socket 478 P4 faster than Windogg's but I can't discuss it
Hell no. I have a measly Celeron 600 at work. At home I have a socket 478 P4 faster than Windogg's but I can't discuss it
BFG10K
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Do you guys work on a system where you wish you could have the exact same workstation at home?
No, considering my 1.333 GHz TBird system slaps my work Celeron 800 MHz system silly.
Even if I had your 1.8 GHz P4 at work I think I'd still prefer my TBird. Where performance really counts (CPU heavy 3D games) the TBird will beat the P4 in most situations.
No, considering my 1.333 GHz TBird system slaps my work Celeron 800 MHz system silly.
Even if I had your 1.8 GHz P4 at work I think I'd still prefer my TBird. Where performance really counts (CPU heavy 3D games) the TBird will beat the P4 in most situations.
I guess you'll just have to work with one to find out. I don't believe that it's really slower than the Athlon myself. Benchmarks mean nothing to me, I'd rather use the product myself and make my own judgement on which is faster.
One of the best things about my Dell P4 at work is the fact that it's silent. You can never hear it running. It's such a nice change from my home PC.
One of the best things about my Dell P4 at work is the fact that it's silent. You can never hear it running. It's such a nice change from my home PC.
I was at a friends recently that had a new Dell P4 machine. I didn't play around with it, but looked it over a bit. The black tower looked good and the black LCD screen was beautiful. If it weren't for the screensaver running, I wouldn't have known it was turned on. Silent! Very nice.
Benchmarks are bullsh!t, any retard that believes that and buys for that reason is stupid. Benchmarks have nothing to do with real life situations and task. A P4 is going to perform the exact same as a Athlon in almost every situation. Sure you might have 10 more frames, but you'll never see that! You might open that word document 1/4 second faster, but who the hell will ever see that?
Now the price issue is definately different. But the performace is about the same for everyday use
Now the price issue is definately different. But the performace is about the same for everyday use
PliotronX
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<< Now the price issue is definately different. But the performace is about the same for everyday use >>
That may hold true for "everyday" people, but this forum is composed of mostly computer enthusiasts who want the most out of their hardearned cash.
That may hold true for "everyday" people, but this forum is composed of mostly computer enthusiasts who want the most out of their hardearned cash.
I think you get a little more with the P4. The low heat and quietness is enough for me. I'm just too poor to be able to afford one
I think you get a little more with the P4. The low heat and quietness is enough for me. I'm just too poor to be able to afford one
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