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In the mid 90's a SGI Octane with like 1GB harddrive (!) and 4GB Ram at most (!) a 200-500mhz MIPS CPU (!) cost around $50K-100K+ depending on configuration. I believe a SGI Onyx cost $250K in 1993.
The new Apple Mac Pro can have 28 cores and up to 1.5TB Ram (!) and will cost fully specced probably north $30K-50K with monitor.
Yes it's expensive but how much faster is it than the SGI's in the 90's that are so much slower than today's computers?
- software needs / capabilities & manufacturing accessibility make your point moot one at best.imbecile
- *a moot oneimbecile
- How many people had SGI's? There were like 2 at UCLA, making them pretty much novelty and useless.formed
- surely 4MB ram?fadein11
- I don't know why some people can't comprehend software and hardware needs that require a machine like this. They do exist, en masse.monospaced
- I wouldn't have believed it either until I actually needed one. We had to build custom machines that cost a fortune, and this would have been better.monospaced
- People obviously know there is a highend, look at all the workstations that have been consistently sold. The difference is the premium Apple adds on for theformed
- logo and case. The trash can looked cool, too, but missed the mark also.formed
- The premium is there, but it's not as big as you might think, all things considered. You can build this machine for cheaper, but it wouldn't be equal at all.monospaced
- The new mac pro is great value for what it offers. Even that screen, it replaces a ref monitor that costs $15-30k. I don't know why you'd need ECC ram then it'szarkonite
- probably not for you.zarkonite
- err IF YOU don't know why you'd need ECC RAM that is...zarkonite