I need a farm of these!

[JBELL]

http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/images/hmmer06232003.jpg

These fold FAST!!!


www.apple.com/powermac/performance

[shray]

ugh macs.. I dont care host fast they are. They're just too goofy for me.

[JBELL]

macs rule I love them... just cant justify buying one.

[Bosw8er]

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71202/wo/NM6cybXZiUXB2dQEa79VLQuhmoa/1.0.7.1.0.5.23.1.2.19.3.1.1.0?50,7

Wonder how it will perform against three XP1700 JIUHB - setups you can buy for 3.000 $ ?

[JBELL]

I beefed mine up with all the bells and whistles and topped the price at $13,202.90

[Tweaked!]

I wouldn't have any use for a mac, no matter how fast it is... :rolleyes:

(especially for no $13,000.00 dollars :eek: )

[JeffPH]

hmmm sounds interesting :)

[Twisted]

no way, macs are for n00bs

[Bosw8er]

• Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
• 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB
• 2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
• Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
• Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel) + Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Bluetooth Module
• 56k V.92 internal modem
• SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Fibre Channel PCI Card
• Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English
• Mac OS X - U.S. English
• iPod - 30GB
• Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 Speakers & Monster 2-meter Cable
• AirPort Extreme Base Station (with modem and antenna port)
• .Mac Promotional Bundle
• APP for Power Mac (w/ or w/o display) - Enrollment Kit


Subtotal $13,730.90


naaaaaa

[JBELL]

hehehe but look at how much of that we will never use! airport AND fibre ... um no! lol

[detox]

http://www.haxial.com/spls-soapbox/apple-powermac-G5/

Most stats can be taken with a grain of salt...

[DR. YT]

i herd they cheated big time on thoes benches. somthing like major optomising for the g5 and none for the p4. apple also is selling a brige in brokland if anyones interested..oh yea and some oceanfront property in arizona.

[Ruantic]

Bahh, heck with the Macs, just get a few of these!

[gobbo]

Okay, $13k is a lotta money, but remember that is a very high sever spec machine you are getting.

Macs do have thier uses (not many) but for a folding farm, if i had the money, i'd do that!

[DR. YT]

or put to gether like 37 amd machiens

[Tweaked!]

Originally posted by Ruantic
Bahh, heck with the Macs, just get a few of these!

Ruantic, Where did you find that? I'm curious about it... :cool:

[JeffPH]

quad amd? hmmmmm tell us what mobo is that how does it perform?

[Ruantic]

Originally posted by Tweaked!
Ruantic, Where did you find that? I'm curious about it... :cool:


Sorry to be slow, found the info HERE (http://www.amdforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218491)


Edit:
HERE (http://www.amdboard.com/hn08290202.html) is a bit more, not alot, but still interesting..

[Tedinde]

Man look at that quad AMD board, Hardware Porn!!!!

[gobbo]

Look at the RAM on it!!

That thing would really fly with folding or with some decent server tasks being given to it.
One question, how much??

[Ruantic]

One question, how much??


Haven't seen anything for prices myself, not gonna be cheap though, Dually Opteron boards are in the $500 arena, safe bet would be to at least double that, then add 4 processors, memory, case, HSF.......

[Twisted]

:slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :bananal: :bananal: :bananal: :bananal: :bananal: :bananal: :bananal:
i want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gobbo]

Just priced up on komplett, and the boards costs just under £1000, CPUs are about £300 each, and 1Gb strips of PC2700 are about £260 each.

So about £5,500 for the board, cpu and ram.
Damn expensive, but it would fold like anything.

[Dissolved]

These might fold fast. but im not to sure about much else.
macs Use high quality parts but arent supported very well. you cannt upgrade them much, or anything. Apple is like a Hardware verison of Microsoft. once you buy it your stuck, you cant do much with it, and it doesnt work with anything.(not a very good saying but only crap i could think of on this hot day in calif)

But anyways. i dont like macs, but if they ever offer more hardware/software support then id be there. Hell they use fast firewire, and scsi as standard.