I like the 1440x900 resolution, too; it seems to me to be a good resolution for that size of panel, unlike Dell's laptops, many of which try to cram 1600x1200 into a 15" panel (unreadable).
Most OSs can scale their fonts to be appropriate with with resolution of your monitor. Try setting it to 130dpi or so. Looks beautiful on my 1600x1200 15" laptop running winxp.
If you're close enough to come to Prescott, AZ I have a feeling my university (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) would let you peruse our hundreds of volumes of data that NASA has given us (some of it on airfoils).
They had 4GB RAM, not 2, which raises the total cost of just the towers to $5.3M. Add in $1.8M for networking equipment, and $2M for facilites upgrades and it comes to $9.1M.
$3000 each for the G5s doesnt include the upgraded RAM (4GB per the powerpoint presentation). I don't think that you can get 1100 * 3.5GB RAM, racks for 1100 towers, and the cooling equipment for $124k.
Yes, I've seen that $5.2M number everywhere. I'm looking for a breakdown of how much the Apple hardware cost, how much the racks cost, how much the infiniband hardware cost, etc.
Ah, finally someone who is actually involved with the project. Can you tell me what the total cost of the super comptuer? The $5.2M figure seems to just be the Towers (Dual 2Ghz + 4GB RAM is $4814 with the standard educational discount, mulitply by 1100 and you get $5295400). What was the additional cost of the Infiniband cards and switches, the Cisco switches, the racks, and the cooling equipment? Were any modifications necessary for the building (more power, etc)?
As the AC says, you seem to contradict yourself with "keep a mac longer" and "show up used on ebay." I'm not sure I like the volitilty of comptuer prices when bidding on ebay anyway...
After spending $130 on OSX.3, the $900 towers are hardly compelling sells. $919 for a used G4/500, 512MB RAM, 18GB HDD, DVD-RAM, 56k, Zip100 or $950 for a used Cube G4/450, 64MB RAM, 20GB HDD, DVD-ROM, 56k modem. It's disappointing looking at the Apple hardware you get for your dollar compared to x86.
By $1000 +/- I mean +/- $20, not $300. ibook seems kinda silly since I don't need the monitor, and nor do I want to pay extra for laptop-sized componenets.
Nothing around $1000 except an eMac, which has a monitor inlcuded (which I don't need)... I guess I'm looking for suggestions in the refurb or used market.
I'm seriously considering switching; when was the last time an MS OS gave you a free IDE? QBASIC?
I usually build my own boxes, but I'd like to see suggestions for the $1000 +/- range. Just need a desktop/tower form factor, and I already have a nice LCD monitor. Reccomendations?
High bypass turbofans, the efficient ones, have HUGE frontal areas, and the induced drag because of this at supersonic speeds severely outweighs the efficiency benefits gained.
Surely you mean parasitic or zero-lift drag, not induced drag, as I dont believe the fronts of the engines are producing any lift.
In winamp 2.x, you can choose Sort by path/filename. Assuming that the track number is the first thing in the filename, this will sort them as you like.
Everything is new except the monitor (which is a month old) and the OS. I thought about taking the "just upgrade a little" route, but the price crept up to the point that I decided to just get a new one.
All the parts have a 1 year warranty (except the CPU), and some even have a 3 year or lifetime warranty. I can purchase a 3 year warranty on all of it for not much more. If something goes wrong, I RMA it, or if its out of warranty, replace it out of pocket.
A mac that performs nearly as well as the PC I'm going to build would cost twice as much upfront. Plus it only has a 1 year warranty.
VT got the standard Apple 10% educational discount, according to early interviews by the VT program director.
This can't be true. Price the nodes yourself at the Apple edu store, they come to $4814 each, which is $5295400 for all of them. Thats not even including the Infiniband hardware...
If you read my comment more carefully, you would have noticed "My current $1000 machine has lasted me 3 years, and I'll probably sell it for a few hundred (as pieces)." So I'll use the copy of Windows I already own.
This is a home productivity/entertainment machine. For writing letters, browsing the net, watching movies, playing games; not everyone is buying a machine for work.
Even if I were to value my time at $50/hr, its only $100 more (about 30 minutes of research and 90 minutes of labor for putting everything together and installing the OS).
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I like the 1440x900 resolution, too; it seems to me to be a good resolution for that size of panel, unlike Dell's laptops, many of which try to cram 1600x1200 into a 15" panel (unreadable).
Most OSs can scale their fonts to be appropriate with with resolution of your monitor. Try setting it to 130dpi or so.
Looks beautiful on my 1600x1200 15" laptop running winxp.
Perhaps because of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of training and equipment necessary to perform that 3 minute EKG?
If you're close enough to come to Prescott, AZ I have a feeling my university (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) would let you peruse our hundreds of volumes of data that NASA has given us (some of it on airfoils).
8 hours in your weeks? Damn, that's like a 2 hour work week!
They had 4GB RAM, not 2, which raises the total cost of just the towers to $5.3M. Add in $1.8M for networking equipment, and $2M for facilites upgrades and it comes to $9.1M.
If you look at the 2003 sales numbers instead of 2001, you'll see that Wal-Mart now outsells ExxonMobil.
$3000 each for the G5s doesnt include the upgraded RAM (4GB per the powerpoint presentation). I don't think that you can get 1100 * 3.5GB RAM, racks for 1100 towers, and the cooling equipment for $124k.
Yes, I've seen that $5.2M number everywhere. I'm looking for a breakdown of how much the Apple hardware cost, how much the racks cost, how much the infiniband hardware cost, etc.
Ah, finally someone who is actually involved with the project. Can you tell me what the total cost of the super comptuer?
The $5.2M figure seems to just be the Towers (Dual 2Ghz + 4GB RAM is $4814 with the standard educational discount, mulitply by 1100 and you get $5295400). What was the additional cost of the Infiniband cards and switches, the Cisco switches, the racks, and the cooling equipment? Were any modifications necessary for the building (more power, etc)?
$600 for dual 1ghz CPUs? Is the market really that insane?
And the only G4's I can find for $1000 are 450-500Mhz not 733-800 to get the GigE box. And $600 over that is way out of budget.
As the AC says, you seem to contradict yourself with "keep a mac longer" and "show up used on ebay."
I'm not sure I like the volitilty of comptuer prices when bidding on ebay anyway...
After spending $130 on OSX.3, the $900 towers are hardly compelling sells.
$919 for a used G4/500, 512MB RAM, 18GB HDD, DVD-RAM, 56k, Zip100 or $950 for a used Cube G4/450, 64MB RAM, 20GB HDD, DVD-ROM, 56k modem.
It's disappointing looking at the Apple hardware you get for your dollar compared to x86.
By $1000 +/- I mean +/- $20, not $300.
Perhaps used?
By $1000 +/- I mean +/- $20, not $300.
ibook seems kinda silly since I don't need the monitor, and nor do I want to pay extra for laptop-sized componenets.
Nothing around $1000 except an eMac, which has a monitor inlcuded (which I don't need)... I guess I'm looking for suggestions in the refurb or used market.
I'm seriously considering switching; when was the last time an MS OS gave you a free IDE? QBASIC?
I usually build my own boxes, but I'd like to see suggestions for the $1000 +/- range. Just need a desktop/tower form factor, and I already have a nice LCD monitor. Reccomendations?
High bypass turbofans, the efficient ones, have HUGE frontal areas, and the induced drag because of this at supersonic speeds severely outweighs the efficiency benefits gained.
Surely you mean parasitic or zero-lift drag, not induced drag, as I dont believe the fronts of the engines are producing any lift.
Here's what I'm building for $1000.
Shuttle SN45G $275.00 NewEgg
AMD XP2600+ Barton $99.00 NewEgg
Crucial 2x512MB PC3200 $179.98 Crucial
Maxtor 160GB 7200RPM 8MB $134.00 NewEgg
Lite-On 4x4x DVD+R/RW $102.99 NewEgg
Sapphire Radeon 9800 128MB $167.00 NewEgg
MSI TV@nywhere $55.00 GameVE
Total $1,012.97
Not bad for a gaming box that will last a few years. Upgrade to 8x4x DVD+R/RW for $60 more.
In winamp 2.x, you can choose Sort by path/filename. Assuming that the track number is the first thing in the filename, this will sort them as you like.
Everything is new except the monitor (which is a month old) and the OS. I thought about taking the "just upgrade a little" route, but the price crept up to the point that I decided to just get a new one.
G5 System controller has a built-in 128 bit 400 Mhz Memory Controller the supports DDR
Correction, the memory bus is clocked at 200Mhz, but it does indeed support DDR. This gives it the effective bandwidth of a 400Mhz bus.
All the parts have a 1 year warranty (except the CPU), and some even have a 3 year or lifetime warranty. I can purchase a 3 year warranty on all of it for not much more. If something goes wrong, I RMA it, or if its out of warranty, replace it out of pocket.
A mac that performs nearly as well as the PC I'm going to build would cost twice as much upfront. Plus it only has a 1 year warranty.
VT got the standard Apple 10% educational discount, according to early interviews by the VT program director.
This can't be true. Price the nodes yourself at the Apple edu store, they come to $4814 each, which is $5295400 for all of them. Thats not even including the Infiniband hardware...
If you read my comment more carefully, you would have noticed "My current $1000 machine has lasted me 3 years, and I'll probably sell it for a few hundred (as pieces)."
So I'll use the copy of Windows I already own.
This is a home productivity/entertainment machine. For writing letters, browsing the net, watching movies, playing games; not everyone is buying a machine for work.
Even if I were to value my time at $50/hr, its only $100 more (about 30 minutes of research and 90 minutes of labor for putting everything together and installing the OS).