Re: Ultra 20,24,and40


"Doug McIntyre" <merlyn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Rob Fraser" <FraserRacing"AT"RobFraser.Net> writes:
Any idea when the prices of the above units will become "reasonable"
Hopefully like the depreciation we saw in the Ultra 5 and 10 market? I
was asked last night and I had no idea so I said I'd check here with you
guys for your opinions. I don't see them coming down soon but I'm no
economist.


The Ultra 5/10 are generations apart from the Ultra 20/24/40?
(if not all that far apart in numbering schemes).

I'd say the Ultra20 is pretty reasonable right now. One going for $250
right now on eBay? But Sun does still sell it new currently.

The Ultra 24/40 are their current Sun x64 workstation offerings?


I just looked at those on the SUN web site. They look a horrendous price
when compared with the equivalent Lenovo(IBM) tower. The IBM comes with
three years warrenty, but three years silver support for SUN is as much as
the IBM. Niceley made as well...

Gear comes down in price after its been EOL'd from the manufactorer
and everybody is dumping it to get the next greatest thing.

Then it comes down again after it is ancient history (like Ultra 5/10)
and isn't too usable for the majority of the users compared to other
offerings.


Well some one gave me an Ultra-60 and its just about usable, and fun!.
However why one would buy SUN AMD based workstations is beyond me. I know
the hardware compatibility list for Solaris is not as comprehensive as Linux
but


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