[KLUG Members] Informal Survey

[Bruce Smith]

> >on package2you.com they have got a nice IBM Intellistation PII-450 DUEL
> >cpu system w/ SCSI 9g and 128mb of ram for $179. I still need to buy the 2nd 
> >cpu ($40) so that's not an issue. That gives me basically 900 mhz of speed.
> 
> That would rock.  SCSI makes a big difference,  I'd just add more RAM.

Intellistations are GREAT machines, we run them as servers at work!

> >OR am I better off getting a single 1gig system.
> 
> I prefer dual, with multiple users performance may not be as "fast" but it 
> feels much more constant/steady.

For a personal desktop, I'd get 1G machine.  For a server with a lot of
users, I'd get the SMP.

I've used both on my desktop, and I find it hard to utilize both CPU's
of a SMP machine when I'm the only user, so I get a bigger bang for a
single fast CPU.

> >This is where my question comes in.
> >What are you guys using at home? CPU speed / FSB bus speed?

I really hope all 220+ users on this list don't reply to this!!!
It could get annoying real fast!  Please send your replies privately to
Mr. Zimmerman, unless you have some advice that would benefit everyone
about SMP.  This thread should have been posted originally on the
hardware list.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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