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Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray

Posted by timothy on from the sick-of-so-called-supercomputers-running-linux dept.

fetusbear writes with a ZDNet story that says "'Microsoft and Cray are set to unveil on September 16 the Cray CX1, a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008. The pair is expected to tout the new offering as "the most affordable supercomputer Cray has ever offered," with pricing starting at $25,000.' Although this would be the lowest cost hardware ever offered by Cray, it would also be the most expensive desktop ever offered by Microsoft."

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  1. Not Vista? by snoyberg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I guess not even a supercomputer could run Vista properly...

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  2. Vista minimum requirments. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Finally, Microsoft has teamed up with a partner that can supply a computer capable of running vista smoothly.

    Note, a small part of me died in writing this. Its an obvious joke that will be repeated ad naseum through out the comments, from this post to post #453.

  3. OB by waterford0069 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    O.B.: Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things?

  4. Cold fusion by gmuslera · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Is what they will get after crashing Windows at Cray speed.

  5. At last... by bbroerman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We finally see the minimum recommended hardware spec for the next version of Windows... And I thought Vista was a resource hog. Talk about code bloat!

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  6. Good for Vista by xra · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Finally, a machine that meets Vista minimum requirements.