Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
$500 NT Systems? Really?
Author: Karl Fast Posted: 6/11/1999; 11:45:12 AM Topic: $15,000 to Burn Msg #: 7221 (In response to 7190) Prev/Next: 7220 / 7222
Exactly how could you get a $500 NT system?You can't use NT Workstation as a web server, because Microsoft has crippled it by limiting the number of TCP/IP connections. That means NT Server.
At insight.com the lowest price for NT was just under $700. You're paying more for your base OS than your hardware! Assuming your $15k is just for hardware, here's what it will really cost you:
15 x ($1000 + $700) = $25,500 30 x ($500 + $700) = $36,000What's the point of that? I mean, why buy cheap hardware when your software is so expensive?
I think cobalt qubes or netwinders are by far a better choice. Of course, you can't run Frontier ;-(
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- Re: $500 NT Systems? Really?, Benoit Cazenave, 6/11/1999; 12:53:24 PM
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