Subject: Re: not there yet Re: IA64?
To: Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/07/2003 12:11:35
Diana Eichert said:

>the organization I work in had 4 Dell dual processor ia-64 systems.  After
>several months of using them only one is still being used and that only as
>a desktop system.  They have tried Win something and the redhat variant on
>it.  2 people went back to using quad Xeon systems.  These things are
>using Itanium 1 CPU's.  

Even the Itanic 2 isn't that great. I've heard that HP hasn't actually
sold any. Meanwhile, the Alpha EV7 is aout and it blows away Itanic 2.

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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  www.rmkhome.com