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To: Dale J. who wrote (59380)	7/7/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - Sun's New Workstations ---- Ain't Cheap! For those who wonder why Intel's customers will willingly pay $1200 - $3600 per XEON processor, check out the price of two new workstations being introduced by Sun. These "fast" 333 MHz Sparc machines start at $11,095 for ONE CPU and jumps to a "mere" $32,000 for a TWO-CPU system. Intel XEONS at 400 MHz - with BUILT IN FULL SPEED L2 cache -look positively CHEAP in comparison! Read about it below! Paul {===========================} Sun Will Introduce New High-End Workstations by Mitch Wagner, InternetWeek July 06, 1998 (02:55 P.M.) techweb.com Sun Microsystems Tuesday plans to introduce a pair of high-end workstations designed to offer increased graphics performance at low prices. Sun (company profile) will upgrade its Ultra 10 workstation to support a faster processor -- 333 MHz, compared with the existing 300 MHz -- and quadruple available cache from 512 kilobytes to 2 megabytes, resulting in 25 percent improved performance, compared with the existing Ultra 10. The system is priced at $11,095 with the Elite 3-D m3 graphics card, 128 MBs of memory, a 19-inch monitor and 4 GBs of hard disk space. The workstation supports up to 1 gigabyte of memory, and includes 4 peripheral component interconnect slots, two hard-drive bays, and a CD-ROM drive. Sun is also offering a new high-end workstation, the Ultra 450, which can support up to four processors and one or two advanced Elite 3-D m6 graphics cards. Pricing is $32,865 for a two-processor system with 512 MBs of memory, two, 9-GB hard disk drives, and a 21-inch monitor. The system can support up to 4 GBs of memory and 18 GBs of hard disk space. Both systems are scheduled to be available Tuesday.