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Now Apple have released a workstation I thought it would be interesting to see how it compares with similar priced offerings from other companies.
Z1743UK Two dual-core
2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processors 1.25 GHz
frontside bus per processor 4GB 533MHz DDR2
ECC SDRAM 500GB Serial
ATA QUADRO FX 4500
512MB SDRAM 16X
Superdrive Includes
keyboard and mouse 10/100/1000
BaseT Ethernet port One FireWire
800 port, Two FireWire 400 ports, Three USB 2.0
ports, Three PCI-Express expansion slots MacOSX plus
applications (or Linux) 2 AMD 2.8
GHzOpteron Model 254 Processors 4-GB 400MHz
DDR2 SDRAM 80-GB Serial
ATA Quadro FX3400
256 MB SDRAM 8X
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive Includes
keyboard and mouse 10/100/1000
BaseT Ethernet Port 5 USB Ports, 2
Serial Ports, 2 Firewire ports, 1 PCI-Express, 1
Parallel Port Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 2 AMD 2.6
GHzOpteron Model 252 Processors 4-GB
Memory 73-GB 10000 RPM
Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive Quadro FX4000
256 MB SDRAM DVD-ROM/CD-RW
Drive 10/100/1000
BaseT Ethernet Port 5 USB Ports, 2
Serial Ports,1 Parallel Port,5 PCI-X Slots (no
Firewire?) Solaris 10/JDS
Pre-Installed "The dual-core, dual-CPU, 2.5 Ghz PowerMac "Quad"
offers an incredible combination of number-crunching power
and high-end visualization all on top of UNIX-based MacOS X.
With this product, Apple has clearly demonstrated its
commitment to meeting the needs of scientists, educators,
engineers, doctors, and other technical
professionals. Are you now equally committed to buying the best
product on the market? If you currently favor Linux,
Windows, IRIX, or Solaris for 3D visualization, then I
believe it would be a serious mistake for you to purchase
another such system before taking a close look at this
compelling new 3D workstation alternative from
Apple" Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Author of PyMOL DeLano Scientific LLC warren@delsci.com