[geeks] New SGI workstation

[Eric Dittman]

> > I hope SOMEONE over there can think longer than his nose, cause the
> > Altix is Just Another PeeCee(tm).
> 
> I don't know about that... SGI is so far the only company to get any
> performance out of Itanic.

HP has been able to get good performance out of the Itanium.

Itanium systems are not Wintel.  They've got about as much in common with
the x86-based systems as any PCI-based Alpha, HP-UX, or Sun system.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net