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To: ramin shahidi who wrote (5747)	2/19/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 14451

I work at Northrup Grumman Norden Systems and our IT department at the behest of Advanced Programs requested an eval with the possibility of a large purchase. We don't got one yet. We buy lots and lots of SGI. I personally only buy Number Nine digital flat panel solution packs and Number Nine video cards. Tom Watson tosiwme.

To: ramin shahidi who wrote (5747)	2/19/1999 11:11:00 PM
From: Travbfree	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14451

RECIEVE A VCP??? They can't even get out a brochure on one!!!! Ramin, I've been trying for weeks to obtain brochures on the new monitors and CPUs and have been told repeatedly "it takes 4 to 5 days to receive..." nobody is hearing me when I tell them it's been weeks!!! So I can appreciate your frustration. Sincerely, Becoming Despondent

To: ramin shahidi who wrote (5747)	2/20/1999 1:19:00 AM
From: Jim Davison	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

Ramin, please give us more information. What type of system did you order, and how did you order it? I am certainly interested from early feedback from people who have bought one of the new SGI products, and any problems you have heard about. I have watched your posts over a long time, and take them seriously. (Although you should be easier on Alexis!) --JD

To: ramin shahidi who wrote (5747)	2/22/1999 12:13:00 PM
From: Alexis Cousein	Respond to of 14451

> Has anyone received any VPCs yet.. I was supposed to get mine last > week and now they are saying it is delayed. I am wondering if this > is happening to every one. Well, I'm working for SGI, but I'm only giving my personal opinion anyway (I'm not an SGI spokesperson), so... Probably more people in similar situation -- I know several people who have been promised 320s at dates that would have put the delivery before the master release. In the Belgium launch, we announced that they would begin shipping roughly mid-February, and, AFAIK, that is also when they started shipping (perhaps earlier, not sure). There is quite a backlog, so I'm not sure where your machine would fit in; nor do I know authoritatively what the ramp-up curve for production looks like. > One of the VPC re-sellers told me that they have made a fundamental > mistake in the PCI-slot design, The Master Release has the same PCI slots as the Beta1 and Beta2 systems I have seen; it does have another Lithium spin than the Beta2 systems, but that wasn't unexpected (i.e. known at the official launch). > and also the software is crashing too often, and that is why they > are holding back the machines. Well, the upgrade bits from Beta 1.8 OPK (aka December build) to Master Release 1.0 are now on support.sgi.com, so that isn't very credible -- Silicon Graphics doesn't seem to be 'holding back' on the software if they have it on their web site for download, AFAIK. Also, I have not seen any crashes with the Jan 4 build ( well, not any Silicon Graphics-specific crashes ) I have used which has been around from before the official launch, even though the performance of the graphics driver is much better in the Master Release software. I'm sorry I'm not outside SGI, but at least, you have my opinion.