Aragorn wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>
>> Aragorn wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> The hardware for that machine - Tyan twin-socket ccNUMA board, twin
>>> dualcore HE Opterons (2.6 GHz, 68 Watt), 32 GB ECC registered RAM (ATP
>>> pc5300), four Hitachi 15k SAS 147 GB disks in RAID 5 on an Adaptec 32105
>>> PCIe adapter, Zippy 800 Watt EPS12V power supply and a CoolerMaster
>>> CM-832 chassis with four 12cm fans - has taken a serious bite out of my
>>> piggybank as well...
>> If it doesn't run Quake 4 with 200FPS it's not worth the money :P
>
> That would largely depend on the video adapter and on the proprietary, evil
> nVidia driver. ;-)
>
> On the other hand, I do think that something that compiles a complete Linux
> kernel in only just over one minute is worth its money, though...
>

I would say it's cool to have, but not worth all the money, I can wait 5
minutes and afford to go on vacation.

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//Aho