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And also important to note that the SGI machines were a factor more expensive again than the macs. If the macs were already nearly unfeasible in Eastern Europe
by wkat4242 2y ago
And also important to note that the SGI machines were a factor more expensive again than the macs. If the macs were already nearly unfeasible in Eastern Europe the SGIs certainly would be.
- chx 2y agoAnd yet I saw more than a few in the early 3D / rendering business. Maybe they worked for Western VFX houses? I can't recall. Price wise, I am not sure. There were cheaper Macs yes but looking at workstations https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/specs/mac_quadra_800.html https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/specs/mac_quad... https://forums.sgi.sh/index.php?attachments/sgi-indy-introductory-pricing-jpg.552/ https://forums.sgi.sh/index.php?attachments/sgi-indy-introdu... pricing is comparable?
- wkat4242 2y agoOh yeah I'm sure because they were pretty much the only game in town for that. But what I mean is: they were purely professional workstations. A Mac was something that a wealthy private person could have, easily. You wouldn't buy an Indy, they were over 20k$ or something. I was really referring to private use. We had some at university but even those were donated. Though we were mainly a HP-UX shop.