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To: Harold Engstrom who wrote (170118)	8/26/2002 5:37:15 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 186894

Harold, Re: "Is this true for servers as well? I mean, most servers are PIII - will P4 or 64-bit CPU servers be out soon?" The P4 servers are called "Xeon". There used to be a "Pentium III Xeon" name brand, but Intel dropped the "Pentium X" part of it when they moved to the P4 core. As for 64-bit servers, those are called Itanium 2, but right now, software availability prohibits a lot of mainstream use. You might see Itanium 2 used in high performance compute clusters at scientific or educational organizations, and they will eventually move on to enterprise database and solution based software by the end of the year. You may not see them in SMB segments for a few more years. wbmw

To: Harold Engstrom who wrote (170118)	8/26/2002 6:08:53 PM
From: Robert Salasidis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Servers are a different matter, and which CPU you buy depends on your application. If you are dealing with small amounts of transactions, then a Xeon processor (or a dual Xeon) would be the way to go. www.supermicro.com these guys sell a varity of dual Xeon motherboards you can use to put together a decent low cost server. For a few $ extra you can buy an Adaptec SCSI PCI-X RAID controller. Buy 4-5 Cheetah 15kRPM drives, and you have yourself a top line harddrive for the server as well. If your application requires more than a dual Xeon has to offer, then Itanium is an option, but the cost is significantly higher. You would have to go to the likes of HP and IBM for those.