Re: Seeking Sun hardware recommendations...
From: Chris Cox (ccox_nopenotthis_at_airmail.net)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:40:38 -0500
Gary Singleton wrote:
> Hi, first let me apologise for my complete newbieness. I am a long time
> x86 PC user. I've been running Linux (Slackware) and FreeBSD for quite
> some time and would like to get my feet wet with Solaris. I know there
> is an x86 version but I'd really prefer to run it on Sun hardware.
Well.. there is the problem.
>
> I have at most $200.00 to spend and would like to know what the best
> bang for my buck would be. I've shopped ebay and researched some on my
> own and it seems like with my small budget I can probably afford an
> Ultra 5 - hopefully I can find one with a monitor.
The Ultra 5 is a cheap PC with a SPARC CPU. Very bad quality PSU...
beware. However, they are cheap.. and do fit your budget. If you
can snag a Blade 100 I would, it has a little bit better PSU. I've
used 40/80G drives in Blade 100's without problem.
Better bet for $200 would be an Ultra 2 with 300Mhz+ CPUs.
You can get a 13W3 adapter for your PC monitor. It's just
a better quality machine.
e-bay is your friend.
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