I don't really think that SGI is betting it's future on the whim of thousand of *anonymous* contributors. It's more like, SGI see Linux as a stable system with a lot potential with thousands of seemgly *anonymous* contributors who are trying, or are willing to help anyone to tap into that potential.
"I thought the entire point of a damned 3D card was to offload the need for a high end processor and let the 3D card's hardware handle the 3D intensive stuff?"
This will be true when nVidia releases their next chipset code named NV10, which has full hardware transform and lighting acceleration...This is really going to piss Intel off...
"Ah well, someday I may buy a new system but I haven't found ample justification to spend $700 to get something like a Celeron 433 with 128 megs of ram, Abit BX6v2 motherboard, etc."
You can upgrade your system for far less; approximately $450 now that's assuming you need a new case (AT -> ATX) plus 128 megs rams. Now you dont have to take my word it, you can go to www.computernerd.com for MBoard/CPU/Case bundle and to www.mwave.com for memory and see for your self. You can also checkout www.killerapp.com for computer hardware prices.
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Not all contributors are *anonymous*
I don't see why a *decent* compiler, or any other computer tools can't have a *nice* easy-to-use gui interface...I dont follow you logic at all.
On earth one Kilogram weights approximately 2.25lbs
This will be true when nVidia releases their next chipset code named NV10, which has full hardware transform and lighting acceleration...This is really going to piss Intel off...
"Ah well, someday I may buy a new system but I haven't found ample justification to spend $700 to get something like a Celeron 433 with 128 megs of ram, Abit BX6v2 motherboard, etc."
You can upgrade your system for far less; approximately $450 now that's assuming you need a new case (AT -> ATX) plus 128 megs rams. Now you dont have to take my word it, you can go to www.computernerd.com for MBoard/CPU/Case bundle and to www.mwave.com for memory and see for your self. You can also checkout www.killerapp.com for computer hardware prices.
Now me personally I plan to purchase Abit's new dual slot 370 motherboard with two 366Mhz celerons guaranteed to overclock to 550Mhz for $412....
Linmodems....hehehe..
installwatch
gnome rpm work station
I could list more....just go to www.freshmeat.net and search for rpm.