They are tough, largely overbuilt systems that seems indestructible. I have a few old systems in a closet (SGI, DEC, SUN, NEXT) and always wondered why they'd b

They are tough, largely overbuilt systems that seems indestructible. I have a few old systems in a closet (SGI, DEC, SUN, NEXT) and always wondered why they'd build computers like that, I mean, they weren't made to last for more than a few years. And they sound like... private jets!