Which of the following UNIX graphics workstations would you most like to have?

[Random Variable]

HP j6700
IBM IntelliStation POWER 265
SGI Fuel
Sun Blade 2000

 

[Random Variable]

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[Nemesis77]

SGI ! Look up word "cool" in dictionary, and you will see a picture of a SGI workstation!

 

[Jzero]

What can I say? I'm a Solaris fanb0y. Irix is pretty lame now that you can do on an iMac what you used to need a whole cluster of SGIs to do.
I was never a fan of HP.

Dunno much about the IBMs these days...

 

[Random Variable]

a bump for the "edit"

 

[Random Variable]

a bump for more votes

 

[BlackOmen]

I've seen some amzing stuff done on SGI's. I put my vote in for SGI even though I wouldn't turn my nose at the Sun. As for the others, the hp pa-risc machines I've seen weren't powerhouses, although they may have gotten better, and I have no idea about the ibm.

 

[Electrode]

Sun Blade 2000. High-clocked CPU means more distributed computing production, and it's the only one that I know Linux would run on.

 

[Mani]

I know most college campuses go with Sun machines including my alma mater so they seem to be the development platform of choice. I have used Sunblades and they're pretty nice but I wasn't impressed at their performance over some older Ultras- it didn't seem too much greater even in demanding apps.

 

[Random Variable]

Who voted for the HP and who voted for the IBM?

 

[joohang]

I voted "other" just to see the results. Hope you don't mind.

 

[jhu]

you forgot the macintosh

 

[Random Variable]

<< I voted "other" just to see the results. Hope you don't mind. >>


How dare you mess up my poll!

 

[Random Variable]

<< you forgot the macintosh >>


There is an "other" option, you know.

 

[Gunbuster]

SGI product design rocks, I would even get an apple if it looked like the Fuel

(Well the SGI wintel boxes were a little fugly, but they dont count)

 

[Random Variable]

<< Well the SGI wintel boxes were a little fugly, but they dont count >>


Maybe that's why SGI discontinued them.

 

[yakko]

I don't know but the SGI is the best looking.

 

[Superwormy]

SGI no contest. It'll run Irix or Linux, plus it rocks for 3D content creation.

Plus they look frickin awesome!

 

[rgwalt]

Well, I would rather have the SGI in many ways, but I voted for the Sun Blade 2000 because I have a Blade 1000 on my desk in my office.

Ryan

 

[SuperTool]

They are all nice

 

[N8Magic]

If that IBM Intellistation had Power4 processors in it, I would take it over the other workstations.

BUT, for now I would take the Fuel with dual 600/4MBL2. SGI definitely has the best design team, and I own one of their monitors, so i'm kinda partial to them.

 

[ProviaFan]

I've always wanted to get an SGI workstation...not only are they cool looking, but they have pretty good performance. If only I had around $10,000 or maybe a little more to spare.

 

[im2smrt4u]

<< I've seen some amzing stuff done on SGI's. I put my vote in for SGI even though I wouldn't turn my nose at the Sun. >>



Same here.

 

[Sir Fredrick]

The SGI is pretty, but I have a feeling the Sun is faster. Would love to see benchmarks comparing them.

 

[poopaskoopa]

Alpha?