WooHoo! My computers arrived today!

[CraigRT]

is your work paying for this? if not, i envy your wealth.

 

[GermyBoy]

I don't go for top of the line power, I go for top of the line in space. I manage close to a TB myself. Now I'm cool.

 

[Night201]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy
I don't go for top of the line power, I go for top of the line in space. I manage close to a TB myself. Now I'm cool.

GermyBoy = Pron collector

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: halik
why do you need an IRIX based machine (the octane). Unless you do Maya/lightwave animations for living (ie making special effects for ILM), theres no point in having one...

I used to have an o2 a while ago (too good of a deal to pass up). Theyre not too good for anythign other than 3d visualisation

If you use them right, they're great for more than just that. They're one of the absolute most stable platforms for unix out there. I can do more work on my O2 with unix related items than I can on any x86 based chip. For unix stuff, the SGI workstations blow away the x86 chips by miles.

no way, unix workstation of choice would be anything Ultrasparc from SUN. 64Bit RISC processor, SCSI and OS to back it up. If you look at the frame buffer structure on the o2 and octane, you'll see thy are aimed for 3d stuff. (crazy n-way texture pipelines etc). Using it just for unix stuff is a huge overkill, plus performance-wise 32bit MIPS cpu (r12k, 10k etc) will get its ass handed to it by any decent x86 chip . (also you can do the same exact stuff on x86 with BSD/Linux for fraction of the cost). It seems to me that for your purposes, octane/o2 is a huge waste of money.

You could've gotten Sun Blade workstation that will do the same thing if not more (IRIX is not the best unix flavor...again its all geared towards 3d). Plus you save a ton of money

 

[toant103]

i want the new dell 8500

 

[her209]

Will test laptop for food.

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
is your work paying for this? if not, i envy your wealth.

After what I paid for all of those computers, it's more like you should pitty my poverty. At least for a while. I know Visa is gonna be happy with me for a while.

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: halik
why do you need an IRIX based machine (the octane). Unless you do Maya/lightwave animations for living (ie making special effects for ILM), theres no point in having one...

I used to have an o2 a while ago (too good of a deal to pass up). Theyre not too good for anythign other than 3d visualisation

If you use them right, they're great for more than just that. They're one of the absolute most stable platforms for unix out there. I can do more work on my O2 with unix related items than I can on any x86 based chip. For unix stuff, the SGI workstations blow away the x86 chips by miles.

no way, unix workstation of choice would be anything Ultrasparc from SUN. 64Bit RISC processor, SCSI and OS to back it up. If you look at the frame buffer structure on the o2 and octane, you'll see thy are aimed for 3d stuff. (crazy n-way texture pipelines etc). Using it just for unix stuff is a huge overkill, plus performance-wise 32bit MIPS cpu (r12k, 10k etc) will get its ass handed to it by any decent x86 chip . (also you can do the same exact stuff on x86 with BSD/Linux for fraction of the cost). It seems to me that for your purposes, octane/o2 is a huge waste of money.

You could've gotten Sun Blade workstation that will do the same thing if not more (IRIX is not the best unix flavor...again its all geared towards 3d). Plus you save a ton of money

Ok, I'll give you credit on that one. 🙂 But aren't Ultra Sparc's kinda expensive? The SGI stations do good for me. Never had an issue with them.

 

[boi]

You lucky bastard. I'm so jealous🙂:beer: