Posts by SectorNine50

Quote:Originally Posted by fantasyalive Don't they basically have 4 TB's of Ram? Yup, basically my point was I was surprised to see such a low amount of RAM considering the CPU power.

Hmm... The RAM capacity is less than I would have thought. Our 5 blade servers for our hosting environment at work put down 1.25TB of RAM. However, our same 5 hosts only present 400GHz worth of CPU performance, so they must have a...

Quote:Originally Posted by Blameless Maybe Apple is fully intent on offering an upgrade path, but wants to sell all such components themselves, and thus reap a larger portion of profits? Right now, Apple gets nothing, except...

Quote:Originally Posted by steelbom I made several points -- can you clarify to which you are referring? That may be relevant if you're discussing whether to choose a Mac or PC workstation, but not when comparing the new Mac Pro to...

Quote:Originally Posted by steelbom It's true a lot of people do need that, but the Mac Pro has never offered that. This new design isn't cutting off Apple's existing customers -- it's catering to Apple's target demographic. I don't...

Quote:Originally Posted by Blameless I'm running Server 2008 R2 SP1 (enterprise and standard) on two of my systems, neither was more than 15GB on a fresh install, even after updates. They were closer to 10-12. My entire C (OS)...

Quote:Originally Posted by Blameless Server 2008 R2 isn't 20GB on a standard install, unless you count things like hybernation and paging files. Still, it is nearly triple the size of the core install. Way in the past...

Quote:Originally Posted by perfectblade recommended requirements does not equal performance speed-again i'm not talking about the space they take up, just the zippiness within the os. though part of it has to do with the fact you...

Quote:Originally Posted by perfectblade i'm not talking about the actual amount of space. i am talking about how the os performs on weaker hardware. osx and linux run better on weaker hardware Still bunk, the RAM requirements of OSX...

Quote:Originally Posted by perfectblade osx and linux are both lighter and run faster on equivalent hardware. plus, whether due to marketshare or design, getting a virus on osx-like linux-is hard. i prefer unix and until linux gets...