I just bought in to SYSF couple days ago. No doubt the trend is breaking out (up).
This article talks about Dell workstation and mentioned USB (from the Silicon Graphics thread) :
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To: Jeff Maresh (2120 )
From: kris hatfield
Jul 29 1997 2:22AM EST
Reply #2128 of 2161
from cmp techwire, interesting insight on dells workstation.
=== The Full Story =========================
--- New Dell Line Weak On Graphics ---
By Bob Francis, Information Week
AUSTIN, Texas -- Dell Computer this week will join the growing ranks of
PC hardware companies offering Windows NT workstations, announcing
systems based on Intel's 266-MHz and 300-MHz Pentium II
microprocessors. The systems are priced aggressively, but lack some of
the key features of higher-end Unix workstations.
Compaq, Digital Equipment, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others have already
rolled out workstation-class NT systems based on high-end Intel Pentium
processors. Like the others, Dell's WorkStation 400 line, priced at
around $7,000 for a single-processor version, is aimed at the
financial, software-development and graphics markets. Comparable-speed
Unix workstations sell for around twice that much, though their prices
are coming down.
But the Unix machines still outclass the NT workstations in terms of
graphics performance. To close the gap, many NT workstation vendors are
adding advanced graphics features. HP of Palo Alto, Calif., for
instance, is adding graphics cards and software from Evans &
Sutherland, a company that previously supplied graphics to high-end
Unix workstation vendors.
Meanwhile, the PC vendors are looking to integrate Intel's Accelerated
Graphics Port, via a chip set due out by September, into their
workstations starting in the fourth quarter. The AGP essentially widens
the graphics throughput of Intel machines. "That should give the market
yet another reason to grow," said Dan Dolan, an analyst with Dataquest,
in San Jose, Calif. Another research firm, International Data Corp., in
Framingham, Mass., said it estimates that the market for NT-based
workstations will increase to 5 million units by 2000, up from 1.5
million last year.
Dell's WorkStation 400 systems will be available in desktop or
minitower designs with either single- or dual-processor-capable
motherboards. Standard features will include error checking and
correcting, extended data-output RAM, high-speed CD-ROM drives, a
Universal Serial Port and a high-speed network card.
regards,
kris
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