Nikola Krgovic

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 05:21:20 -0700, Pete wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking to make the move and "go 64 bit".
>
> I've sorta narrowed it down to 3 possible platforms:
>
> Sun Workstation (Blade 1500)
> AMD 64 bit CPU (running FreeBSD or Solaris)
> Apple Mac G5
>
> I'm really looking to replace my old and slow O2 workstation and I'm
> tempted to go solaris because of its stability and consitent feel with
> CDE. However, the O2 had really top notch audio and video support both
> from a hardware point of view and from within the OS (commandline
> tools like sfrecord etc).
>

I would recommend that you keep your O2 for the multimedia work. Of all
the machines you listed only the Mac can try to compare, but you probably
will not be satisfied with a lot on Mac OS. It's a Unix all right, but SO
well hidden that you can't tell. Even basic stuff is sooo different.

If I were in your shoes I would buy the Blade - you'll get the most,
especially regarding longeivity and "the feeling" os Unix. A PC is nice,
but nowhere near the Sun, and the Mac is just too much a "multimedia /
designer's" machine. Use X and work on both machines at once, using each
for what it does best.

Also if you might consider getting a small Sun server, instead of the
Blade if you don't need two consoles at once - a V210 or V250 would offer
you much more expansion, with the same speed.

As for the Sun PCI - it will work OK, depending on what you expect of it.
If you want Office, or IE - it will be more that enough. If you want games
- I suggest you try something else. Than a Mac would be the best choice of
the three.

Regards,
Nikola.