Re: 400-480MHz upgrade?

From: Andy Lennard (ck_karisma_at_SCRUB-THIS.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:31:15 +0000 (UTC)

"Kent Smith" <ksmith@ipsoinc.com> wrote in message
news:rfan30tcincp1csrf9mgnu3h6p1go17j8o@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:22:44 -0500, "Bib Endum"
> <gd-newsgroups@spamex.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Andy Lennard" <ck_karisma@SCRUB-THIS.hotmail.com> a écrit dans le
message
> >de news:c1f4r5$e8a$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> I have been asked to upgrade a 400MHz E450, with Solaris2.6, to use
480MHz
> >> processors.
> >>
> >
> >Not worth the money IMHO ! Better keep the cash to buy a newer (and lots
> >faster) machine !
> >
>
> You can't get much faster and still run Solaris 2.6. New machines all
> require a higher rev of the OS. And sometimes it really isn't worth
> trying to upgrade the OS, unfortunately.
>
Regrettably this machine uses some software that has not been (and never
will be) ported to anything later than Solaris2.6. In this case I'm stuck
with getting the best I can from what I've got...

Andy.

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