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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!usenet From: trien@mei.com (Trien Le) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Sparc Station 4 (SS4) vs. Pentium 100 /BSDI Date: 30 Nov 1995 16:12:10 GMT Organization: Marquette Electronics Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <49kl4r$3vs@news.moneng.mei.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: le.moneng.mei.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Hi there, I got a good deal from Sun (thru work) for a SS4 (micro-Sparc), with 1G SCSI drive, 32M ram, 15" monitor, Solaris 2.4 for about $3,000. If I buy a Pentium 100 with the same hardware and run BSDI it will cost me about the same (may be a little bit more). Is one inherently better ? Any comments about speed, compatibilty, software availability ?