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I think they tried that when the T1's first came out.
by rm-rf 17y ago
I think they tried that when the T1's first came out.
- pmjordan 17y agoExcept every non-x86 Sun workstation I've ever seen has cost an arm and a leg. Which is not the way to go to get one into the posession of every hacker out there.
- rbanffy 17y agoApple had little problem in doing that with PowerPC computers. The Mac Mini started its life as a cheap PowerPC G4 computer. It never was built to Sun workstation standards, but it's sufficient proof one can build a good enough SPARC-based workstation. The current push towards OpenSolaris has generated a workable desktop environment that just screams for a relatively inexpensive (I will take Dell business desktop prices) SPARC system. And if they makes T1's (or 2's) in high enough volume, I bet they can sell them cheap enough.