August 15, 2006
New Toys!
Getting a new PC at the office.
Finally.
For the last 18 months I've been running on an old PC I bought in 2001... because it was better than what I had before. Even after half the memory died.
Specs:
Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4GHz)
4GB memory
320GB disk
Radeon 1600XT This will replace not only my Windows PC*, but three Linux development boxes** as well. Hence the 4GB of memory. VMWare server is neat, and it's free, but it goes through memory like a starving honeybadger through a bag of Maltesers. Now all it needs is a name. And for the CPU to arrive...
Sun E450: 10.9
RS/6000 M80: 25.1 (8-way RS64-III)
AlphaServer GS80 Model 6/731: 36.0 (8-way Alpha)
Unisys ES7000: 44.3 (16-way Xeon)
Sun E4800: 51.3 (12-way UltraSparc III)
New Toy: 53.9
SGI Altix 4700 Density System: 4236 * Tara
** Fred, Willow, and Xander
4GB memory
320GB disk
Radeon 1600XT This will replace not only my Windows PC*, but three Linux development boxes** as well. Hence the 4GB of memory. VMWare server is neat, and it's free, but it goes through memory like a starving honeybadger through a bag of Maltesers. Now all it needs is a name. And for the CPU to arrive...
SpecIntRate Figures
Current Thingy: 6.05Sun E450: 10.9
RS/6000 M80: 25.1 (8-way RS64-III)
AlphaServer GS80 Model 6/731: 36.0 (8-way Alpha)
Unisys ES7000: 44.3 (16-way Xeon)
Sun E4800: 51.3 (12-way UltraSparc III)
New Toy: 53.9
SGI Altix 4700 Density System: 4236 * Tara
** Fred, Willow, and Xander
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 02:47 PM | Comments (719) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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I vote for "Whiskeyjack." But that's probably because I've been reading through Erikson's Malazan series recently.
Posted by: Will at August 16, 2006 12:44 AM (mF7/Z)
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Godzilla.
Posted by: Wonderduck at August 16, 2006 03:39 AM (+rGmJ)
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Tomoyo. (From CCS)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at August 16, 2006 03:44 AM (+rSRq)
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Is your computer better than my 1.2GHz Celeron? Don't speak too fast! I am overclocking, and it's running at 1.32Ghz. Also, it has thousands of bits in both the L1 and L2 caches. THOUSANDS!
Posted by: Kevin at August 16, 2006 11:27 PM (++0ve)
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Umm, isn't Xander kinda out of place in that list? Or is he in there because he's girlier than Anya and Cordelia?
But he can Snoopy dance like none other.
:-D
But he can Snoopy dance like none other.
:-D
Posted by: tommy at August 17, 2006 02:11 PM (UynUa)
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We also have Buffy, Angel, Spike, Cordelia, Wesley, Glory, Faith, Anya - actually, I think Anya died - and Harmony. We had a Giles, but he got replaced.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 17, 2006 02:21 PM (PiXy!)
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