No, I didn't miss the point. Even a 100-200mhz Sparcbox and an entry level Ultra system is much more powerful than that POS you have taking up space. >:-) I suppose limited resouces means next to nothing then (less than $400? $300? $200??), because Sun hardware that is much more powerful than what you used as a comparison is available for more than an affordable price. That thing you have is the equivilent of a 386, maybe a 486/33 to 50mhz machine. Even a Ultra 1 (170-200mhz) box will run circles around that thing, and they can be had for under $200.00. Just a terrible, terrible reference to use. But if you are THAT limited, then I guess I will have to understand. >;-P
I wonder why, since a Sun IPX machine runs at ~40mhz (microsparc no less), versus the P3-733mhz x86. That microsparc POS you are running runs SpecInt92 at a rating 21.8. In comparison, a Pentium 100mhz is ~5x faster and rated at 112.7. Yes, a Pentium 100mhz. So you can not be shocked when your P3-733mhz and P200 are considerably faster than a Microsparc-40mhz system regardless of the OS you throw on there.
You can get an Ultra 2 (Dual compatible), Ultra 5, and even sometimes Ultra 10 hardware for under $500 on ebay, and these use newer generation UltraSparc chips (Versus your 4th generation+ removed microsparc system), and at 270mhz+. You can get Ultra 2 dual 300mhz (2mb cache), UltraSparc II boxes for a little over $500 on ebay.
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No, I didn't miss the point. Even a 100-200mhz Sparcbox and an entry level Ultra system is much more powerful than that POS you have taking up space. >:-) I suppose limited resouces means next to nothing then (less than $400? $300? $200??), because Sun hardware that is much more powerful than what you used as a comparison is available for more than an affordable price. That thing you have is the equivilent of a 386, maybe a 486/33 to 50mhz machine. Even a Ultra 1 (170-200mhz) box will run circles around that thing, and they can be had for under $200.00. Just a terrible, terrible reference to use. But if you are THAT limited, then I guess I will have to understand. >;-P
I wonder why, since a Sun IPX machine runs at ~40mhz (microsparc no less), versus the P3-733mhz x86. That microsparc POS you are running runs SpecInt92 at a rating 21.8. In comparison, a Pentium 100mhz is ~5x faster and rated at 112.7. Yes, a Pentium 100mhz. So you can not be shocked when your P3-733mhz and P200 are considerably faster than a Microsparc-40mhz system regardless of the OS you throw on there. You can get an Ultra 2 (Dual compatible), Ultra 5, and even sometimes Ultra 10 hardware for under $500 on ebay, and these use newer generation UltraSparc chips (Versus your 4th generation+ removed microsparc system), and at 270mhz+. You can get Ultra 2 dual 300mhz (2mb cache), UltraSparc II boxes for a little over $500 on ebay.