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Apple to Award Workgroup Clusters to Scientists

Posted by pudge on from the get-your-applications-in-now dept.

Graff writes "Apple is giving away five Apple Workgroup Clusters for Bioinformatics (each worth approximately $40,000) to four higher education researchers and one non-education researcher. A panel of independent scientists and Apple will choose the lucky researchers."

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  1. The actual prize by Pranjal · · Score: 5, Informative
    The actual prize is composed of the following item

    • (1) Xserve G5 dual-CPU model with 2 GB of RAM, 750 GB of storage
    • (3) Xserve G5 cluster configuration with 2 GB of RAM, 80 GB of storage
    • (1) APC Smart-UPS 2200 VA Power Supply
    • (1) XtremeMac Xrack Pro Sound Suppressing Server Enclosure
    • (4) AppleCare Premium Service and Support Contracts
    • (1) Asanté GX5-800 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
    • (5) Category 5e Ethernet Cables
    • (1) BioTeam INquiry Cluster Provision Tool


  2. Re:United Devices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Last time I checked, the UD client was Windows only.

    Perhaps a give away to Folding@Home wouldn't be so bad.

  3. Re:The award should be for PCs by calicanuck · · Score: 5, Informative

    The award should be for PCs.

    Apple should give away competitors' hardware? To what end?

    Only a tiny fraction of the science-related software out there runs on Macintosh.

    Hmm. Interesting, broad comment with no support. In the Life Sciences, my experience is that about half of us use Mac OS X. Not a bad cut of the market. If only a "tiny fraction" of the applications used are available, why do so many people use it over Linux, Windows and other platforms?

    Word to the wise: think before you make senseless observations.

  4. Re:Apple and bioinformatics by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's a bit broad. K-12 education, sure,

    When I worked at the University of Washington doing life sciences research, my personal observation saw it to be about 50/50 pc vs mac. (And the UW is a giant in life sciences) When I left in 1999, linux was slowly creeping in but most of the unix based stuff was run by the computer center. The 50/50 number is certainly different than the 95/5 or whatever the worldwide average is/was. And my observations were only in the life-sciences. I have no idea what the ratios were in say, physics or chemistry.