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To: Magrathea who wrote (203351)	6/26/2006 1:58:13 PM
From: Shadow1	Respond to of 275872

Magrathea, all re Dell full lineup: It was enough for me - bot the rest of my Jan 08 40s. Still have a little powder dry for more shares if there's a warning, but if this story is real it will change the industry and at some point everyone will figure that out. I think the story makes sense, and now I wonder if the earlier server announcement was a warning/test for intc and this is a new deal, or if this has been the plan all along. Good luck all, choppy waters. Shadow

To: Magrathea who wrote (203351)	6/26/2006 2:00:57 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 275872

IBM's announcement -- not available until August, and comparisons against obsolete Xeon systems: IBM Unveils New System x and BladeCenter Systems Featuring Energy Efficient Performance Monday June 26, 12:33 pm ET New Systems Enable Up to 163% Percent Better Performance Per Watt ARMONK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 26, 2006 -- IBM introduced today a new IBM BladeCenter blade and System x servers and workstations geared to help reduce power and cooling costs while delivering substantial performance gains over earlier technology. The new systems enable up to 90% percent better application performance, and up to 163% percent better performance per watt today. The systems are designed and optimized to support more advanced computing with future quad core CPU models. (1) "IBM continues to provide customers with the latest advancements in systems design and performance efficiency," said Alex Yost, director, IBM System x. "The new IBM systems introduced today offer the latest in energy efficient performance and dual-core technology." The new IBM BladeCenter HS21 is a high-density modular blade server designed to support the entire family of BladeCenter chassis. The ultra-slim and powerful blade design starts at US $2,159. It allows users to double their performance using their current BladeCenter infrastructure. The System x servers and workstations introduced today are based on the next generation of IBM's Xtended Design Architecture, providing high performance, availability, manageability and flexibility advances on top of industry standard components, and include: -- System x3650 - Stable business critical application server for workload consolidation; starting at US $2,119. -- System x3550 - Application density for power managed datacenter performance; starting at US $1,869. -- System x3500 - Stable business critical application server for remote office management; starting at US $1,809. -- System x3400 - Affordable performance for growing businesses; starting at US $1,019. -- Z Pro Z30 - Scalable advanced graphics computing; starting at US $2,169. System x3650, using IBM Java 2 5.0 Runtime Environment, delivered a leadership 2-processor score of 114,941 business operations per second (bops) and 114,941 (bops/JVM) running the SPECjbb2005 benchmark, which evaluates the performance of servers running typical Java business applications. These results are 14 percent higher than the previous number one result. IBM PowerExecutive, the first solution on the market that provides customers with the intelligence needed to effectively manage power consumption in the datacenter, is also available across the line of blades and servers introduced today, free of charge and available by download for customers. IBM expects the systems introduced today to be available in August 2006. Additional x86 systems for a variety of business computing needs will be introduced as part of the IBM System x portfolio and IBM Express portfolio in the coming months. For more information about IBM, go to: www.ibm.com (1) Based on benchmark test results obtained running a Web server workload. Measurements were conducted by IBM using the x3650 and a previous-generation server. [WOW, IBM, IMPRESIVE FACTS] Actual results obtained in a customer environment will depend on the application workload for that environment.