> I think the big take away lesson from the language specific machines was that it's not worth it. I think the take away was learned when every generation of

> I think the big take away lesson from the language specific machines was that it's not worth it. I think the take away was learned when every generation of the x86 would be a significant leap in performance. As you say in paragraph 3, things might change with the leveling off of improvements. > On the other hand, it might be a neat idea to OEM a high end x86 system and sell it as a purpose built "mathematica machine," with Mathematica pre-installed, the best supported GPU, optimal RAM and CPU, etc. I've been pitched by salesmen that their machine is a killer machine for Mathematica. We don't use it here, so I was not really into it as much as buying the sealed medical computers for the carpentry people.