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really expensive bits are the 32 GB of RAM ($9100), the NVIDIA Quadro
FX 5600 video card ($2850), the four 15,000 RPM hard drives ($800
each), the two 30" Cinema Displays ($1700 each), a Fibre Channel Card
($1000), and an unlimited-client copy of Mac OS X Server ($999), RAID
array ($12,000), Mac OS X Server software support ($50,000).
That's a lot of money but you've got to remember that in addition to
satisfying your computing needs well into the next decade, this baby
will heat your entire house and provide a metal cooktop surface hot
enough to prepare meals on. Mmm, 15,000 RPM omelettes!
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Gimmie two!
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Thank the lord the shipping's free!
ReplyDeleteSir, may I have some more?
ReplyDeleteDude, it's an ISP in a box.
ReplyDeleteMore than run your house. Produce live video overlays for the evening news or a football game. Act as a webserver for hundreds of web sites just like this one. Or just crunch numbers like there's no tomorrow. That's a badass machine.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you subtract out the software support costs and the silliness of two 30" displays (how big is your desk?) we're back to around $30k which, don't get me wrong, is a hell of a lot of money, but $50 for a server isn't that surprising.
Yeah, but it's still a MAC
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