Posted by Neil Clifford on November 18, 1997 at 15:12:32:
In Reply to: PC Desktop Boxes posted by Adam Donlin on November 11, 1997 at 15:42:14:
: If heavy duty processing is needed, then I'd argue that's
: better done on a fast server (eg canna/havra).
I'd just like to point out that canna is _not_ a compute server.
(That's not to say that reasonably large/longtime jobs can't be
run on it - just that its main task in life is general use/external
access).
: In general, I think there's a lot to be said for
: the ability to build up and easilly upgrade PCs -
: even if they do lack the nice well thought out GUI
: of a Mac or the shiny label of a Sun.
Absolutely (providing you use half decent PC components).
Neil.