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- From: davsmith@nic.cerf.net (David Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 02:27:39 GMT
- Organization: CERFnet Dial n' CERF Customer Group
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- References: <1i5vdmINN3ek@cs.widener.edu> <1993Jan04.155544.18325@eng.umd.edu> <1993Jan4.224018.16370@netcom.com>
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- Top ten differences betweed PC's and workstation's
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- 10. PC's have PowerUsers (tm), workstation's have Guru's
- 9. Workstations come with powerful backup utilities, like dump/restore and dd
- 8. Can't buy workstation peripherals at Crazy Al's Discount Computer
- 7. PC's have better games
- 6. Humor impaired PC users can't easily post to the net
- 5. Don't have to log in to PC (Note - this functionality can be reproduced
- on Sun's with the exclusive "L1-A" key combo)
- 4. "Workstation" implies you actually do something useful with your computer,
- even if yo do only run Xtrek and news all day.
- 3. Workstations have "field engineers" who will come to your office and break
- it for you.
- 2. Workstations don't come in those grody PC cases
- 1. You don't send Bill Gates any money when you buy a workstation
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- David L. Smith
- smithd@discos.com or davsmith@nic.cerf.net
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