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Hello,

> > > to be used as a remote workstation (I mean the machine will be
> > > headless, serial console and I will connect to it via xdm), what
> > > is worth :
> > >=20
> > > * sunblade 150 / 650 MHz / 1Go RAM
> > > * sunblade 100 / 500 MHz / 512Mo RAM
> > >=20
> > > the machine would be a "standard" workstation - xfce4 or fvwm2 /
> > > firefox or links / thunderbird or mutt / a bit of gimp / much of
> > > gqview, rox, album.
> > >=20
> > > the blade 150 is more than twice the price the blade 100.
> > > that's why I'd like to know if the 150Mhz CPU diff and 512Mo of
> > > more RAM would make a real difference ; especially because I am
> > > not sure about how CPU acts when the machin is a XDM server.
> >=20
> > Since I don't know the price I have no idea what the difference
> > would be ;)
>=20
> sunblade 150 =3D 390 euros
> sunblade 100 =3D 150 euros
>=20
> 1 euros being 1.19 US$

Well, a new, unbuffered 512MB PC133 DIMM with ECC costs about $108 at
Crucial, prices from other manufacturers probably won't differ much.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=3DSun%2B+Blade=
&mfr=3DSun&tabid=3DAM&model=3DSun+Blade+100+Workstation&submit=3DGo

have fun
Michael

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