I use a lot of Sun SPARC stuff working for Oracle so it is a serious contender. I certainly wouldn't want to go slower than an Ultra 80 because they're already showing their age. My only concern is the noise; dear god the noise!!
The HP boxes are much faster than comparable Sun, but I think you're right about support. Are the PowerBook G4 (shame about no G5) well supported? I know that proper ACPI for laptops is a recent thing for OpenBSD. On 24 June 2013 21:57, Garry Taylor <taylor.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Lemote MIPS laptop, it's cool, but as slow as hell. For me, if a > desktop is OK, I'd go SPARC. I've had Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 80, and also > use a Coolthreads server every day. They've all been pretty fast really, I > think an Ultra 25 or 45 would run Firefox plenty fast. I've only ever used > Solaris on them though. > > There is no Powerbook G5 unfortunately, but I had a 17" G4 Powerbook once > and that was a very nice machine indeed. Don't know much about the HP gear, > although I'd imagine support will not get any better from here as it's been > out of development a while now. > > Cheers > > Garry > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Laurence Rochfort > <laurence.rochf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm looking for advice on what the best bet for well supported >> non-intel hardware would be. Doesn't have to be lightning fast, but >> being able to run a modern browser at reasonable rate is a must. >> >> My initial thoughts were either a Mac PowerBook G5 or Sun Ultra 25/45. >> I really like the HP C series workstations, but it seems support is a >> bit lacking. >> >> Cheers, >> Laurence.
