[Cialug] OT: Rock-Solid Workstation

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

Do you like the Apple stuff for the hardware or the software? If for the 
hardware, you could always run Linux on Apple hardware. I have Debian 
installed on my MacBook and other than me not being able to figure out 
wireless networking, it works just fine. I would expect Apple's 
higher-end hardware to work even better, though you might need a 
proprietary driver for the graphics. And on a workstation, wireless 
probably isn't as much of an issue.

On Friday 21 September 2007 14:47, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
>I really like the apple stuff as a workstation. The problem is, that I
>really like linux on server. The conflict happens when you follow  the
>wiseman's advice and "develop on what run you on"
>
>:) Dave
>
>On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 14:34 -0500, David Bierce wrote:
>> Most of the major vendors offer a workstation class machine.
>>
>> Dell's Precision workstations
>> Apple's Pro lines
>> IBM's Z and M Series Pro stations
>>
>>
>> As a Linux on my Server, Mac on my desktop kinda guy, I'd tip my hat
>> to Apple's Pro line.
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>> > It seems like true tier one hardware is a thing of the past.  If
>> > you were
>> > going to buy a brand name, rock-solid workstation (Dual
>> > processors, good
>> > graphics, higher-end disk subsystem) which vendors would you look
>> > at?
>> >
>> > HP, Sun, Apple?
>> >
>> > -Nate
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