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- From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: need information on IPX vs. SPARC2
- Message-ID: <262@ftms.UUCP>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 15:47:27 GMT
- References: <DODD.92Jul27082024@mycenae.cchem>
- Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Organization: Vidiot's Other Hangout
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- In article <DODD.92Jul27082024@mycenae.cchem> dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu writes:
- <
- <Hello,
- <
- < I am in the market for a sun workstation. Originally I was going to get a
- <SPARC2 but someone has told me that the IPX is faster and cheaper but less
- <expandable. I would like to hear the net's opinion of the IPX.
-
- The IPX is NOT faster than the SS2. The SS2 is a little faster in Specmarks,
- but not much. The SS2 is loaded with twice the memory and has twice the
- context switches.
-
- In general, the SS2 has more power than the IPX. But, will you really notice?!
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