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Sun's new UltraSPARC workstation: the Blade 1500

Posted by michael on from the sunshine-lollipops-and-rainbows-everywhere dept.

Roman Hauptmann writes "Here's a review of Sun's newest single-CPU workstation based on the UltraSPARC IIIi processor. According to the review, the system barely performs on the level of a P4 1.8ghz machine yet it sells for several times the price. Despite that, the Blade series still brings value to those who do visualization and imaging."

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  1. Ouch, my FACE. by solios · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Am I alone in thinking that is a singularly overbadged and MASSIVELY UGLY workstation? I remember when Sun badges were small- smaller than a fifty cent piece, and on the front of the unit only. They seem to have latched on to Apple's design aesthetic of logo integration and completely botched the implementation. :|

    Out of the "high end" equipment on the market- G5s, SGI workstations, the super high-end PCs- Sun's current line of workstations are far and above the ugliest, most blatant eyesores. Aesthetics aside, there's some neat gear in the thing, but dear gods. It hurts my face! COULD THE SUN LOGO BE ANY BIGGER?!

    (actually, yes it could- re : the Netra)

  2. Re:Brings value? by Gherald · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yessir

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