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To: Tony Viola who wrote (70316)	12/30/1998 12:54:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Tony & Intel Investors - SGI Intel-Based Workstations will be introduced Jan. 11, 1999 Next month is shaping up to be a big one for new product introductions. The following article describes "rumors" of the new SGI machines. These ought to increase the market share of Intel-based workstations. Paul {==============================} December 29, 1998, 5:18 PM EST zdnet.com Resellers Jazzed About SGI's NT Workstations Visual Workstation specs, prices cropping up on the web two weeks before official debut. By Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rt Reseller Microsoft Corp. resellers are jazzed about the sleek, NT-powered Silicon Graphics Inc. workstations due to be unveiled Jan. 11. While SGI offered a sneak preview of the Visual Workstations at Fall Comdex during Microsoft CEO Bill Gates' keynote address, SGI has offered few follow-on details. But rumors and leaks about the new machines are cropping up all over the web. On www.dluvr.com, some very official-looking "rumors" regarding the new SGI machines are posted. A disclaimer stating that "Please not that this is not official SGI information, but rumors collected from the Internet," is at the top of the page. The posters pulled the page from the Web at least once today due to SGI pressure, according to Internet sources. According to the information on the 3dluvr.com site, SGI will unveil two flat-panel models, the Visual Workstation 320 (code-named "Hugh") and the VW 450 (code-named "Borg." The 320 is based on 350-450 MHz Pentium IIs, while the 450 relies on the 450-MHz Xeon, according to the information on the web site. The 320, which will be priced starting at $3,395, features a choice of one or two processors. The 540, slated to be priced starting at $5,995, will run up to four processors, according to data on the web site. SGI officials said that lots of unauthorized and inaccurate information on the new workstations has appeared lately on the Internet. "We can't comment on illegal, unauthorized web sites," said a corporate spokesperson. The spokesperson did note, however, that the model numbers and number of processors was accurate. The ball park pricing, made public at Gates' keynote, is under $4,000 for the entry-level Visual Workstation, she reiterated. Hot Item With Resellers Resellers with NT experience looking for a new, hot distribution platform, are eagerly awaiting the SGI boxes. "The motherboard design on the new SGI machine is right in step with the direction the whole industry is going, We plan to be a reseller for them," says one Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, who requested anonymity. The ease with which the new SGI boxes will run Linux is a question many resellers would like answered. While SGI has worked with Microsoft on the new systems, in 1997, SGI began working with some in the open source community on a Linux port. As of late, SGI officials have labeled the company "OS-agnostic," said a source close to the company. But the new Visual Workstations won't run Linux out of the chute, the source said.