On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Bob Friesenhahn < bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Ross Smith wrote: > >> >> As far as I'm concerned, the 7000 series is a new hardware platform, >> > > You are joking right? Have you ever looked at the photos of these "new" > systems or compared them to other Sun systems? They are just re-purposed > existing systems with a bit of extra secret sauce added. > > Bob > Ya, that *secret sauce* is what makes it a new system. And out of the last 4 x4240's I've ordered, two had to have new motherboards installed within a week, and one had to have a new power supply. The other appears to have a dvd rom drive going flaky. So the fact they're based on existing hardware isn't exactly confidence inspiring either. Sun's old sparc gear: rock solid. The newer x64 has been leaving a bad taste in my mouth TBQH. The engineering behind the systems when I open them up is absolutely phenomenal. The failure rate, however, is downright scary. --Tim
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