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    • Over £6K for a 128mb Ram module? WTF. Those were times. Today a 8GB Ram module costs $80-100 bucks.
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    • Just goes to show how ridiculous it is people bitching nowadays if they have a mili-second lag on their editing timeline. Back then a $50K SGI workstation...
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    • ...does not come even close to a $2K-3K laptop of today in CPU/ GPU/ RAM power.
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    • Well, of course. What did you work on?
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    • I was too young but I loved reading about SGI's and how the CG/ VFX in movies were done. I started out on PC's as a kid and since 2006 only Mac.
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    • Just crazy how much more powerful an iMac Pro (fully maxed out) for $13K'ish is than $50K+ SGI back then. Tech moves so fast.
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    • Well a high end boxx or hp blade workstation can run you the same thing today
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    • arrr.... you can feel those flicker rates!mugwart
    • and stop making me feel old M01XXX!mugwart
    • Think thats a lot - look into the old flame suites!mugwart
    • Still amazing keyboardsmugwart
    • that monitor was amazing thenimbecile

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