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> That's why it has six external storage ports each capable of pushing 20GBps. Is it just me or something gives me the creeps about running an OS off an extern
by cones688 13y ago
> That's why it has six external storage ports each capable of pushing 20GBps.
Is it just me or something gives me the creeps about running an OS off an external drive...
> Large, noisy, ugly
Since when did the requirements of a workstation class Xeon desktop become "Super-compact" and "beautiful"?!
I would agree on the noise, except no-one has actual heard these things running in a realistic environment so there is currently no comparison.
- btian 13y agoEveryone in my office has a workstation under the desk. Note that it's a workstation not a server. So people do care about form factor, power usage, and acoustics.
- huxley 13y ago> Is it just me or something gives me the creeps about running an OS off an external drive... The parent was talking about having your assets on externals if you had high storage requirements, the OS can live perfectly fine with any number of apps on the SSD. > Since when did the requirements of a workstation class Xeon desktop become "Super-compact" and "beautiful"?! We weren't always so utilitarian, Silicon Graphics did gang-buster business for a long time selling style and compactness in the workstation class. Yes, SGI eventually crashed and burned, but Apple is in a far better position to experiment with this, given that they have about $147 billion of cash on hand.
- gaius 13y agoSGI crashed and burned because they stopped making beautiful MIPS boxes and tried to make ugly Windows PCs. When the company imploded, the CEO who made that decision went to work for Microsoft. I'm not even kidding...