klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte) (05/06/91)
We are considering buying a new workstation. The two candidates are:
1) Sun sparcstation 2
2) HP 730
In price they are about considerable (at least for us). In speed the HP
is the clear winner. On compatiblity the sun is the winner (we have 5
sun sparcs here, and no HP (yet)).
The question is:
Is the HP really the promised factor 2+ faster compared to the sun? Not only
on benchmarks, but also on "real" programs? (We do both integer and float
programs. I/O or display are less important).
and
Does fitting 1 HP (with 840 Mb disk) in a sun network give big problems?
Can we easily compile && run our programs on the HP?
Is the basic MOTIF HP interface and the OPENLOOK interface of sun no
problem? Can we use the display of the one to let the program run on the
other?
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Klamer
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Klamer Schutte
Faculty of electrical engineering -- University of Twente, The Netherlands
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