From $6399USD. That's quite a price-tag, but a lot less than a high-spec Xeon server where the CPUs alone are $3000 each. It'll be interesting to see benchmarks of how this performs.
From $6399USD. That's quite a price-tag, but a lot less than a high-spec Xeon server where the CPUs alone are $3000 each. It'll be interesting to see benchmarks of how this performs.
Remember that's quantity 1.
You can get huge concessions in Intel kit in quantity, particularly E7 stuff.
I see that they're releasing a new laptop: https://system76.com/laptops/galago This is probably the first laptop from them that I could consider buying, judging solely on that small picture of it. Still super-thick, and I don't know if I would feel comfortable buying that over the XPS, but at least it's got HiDPI, which for the price they sell their laptops for I feel should be included.
Judging from that video, it seems they don't spend a lot of money on advertising.
Ugh. That's not acceptable. Ok. I asked because I've seen someone make a huge fuss about a pixel that was simply dead (off) and I probably would not have noticed at all. But a bright green on pixel no matter where on the screen would be a continuous distraction for me.
When I got my current monitor I noticed it had a dead (on) bright red pixel. I was originally extremely upset with this and it was super distracting, but then 2 days later I didn't notice it anymore, and now I can't even remember where it is. That was like 3+ years ago I think.
This is a Gigabyte server, probably one of the following: http://b2b.gigabyte.com/Rack-Server/R150-T61-rev-110 http://b2b.gigabyte.com/Rack-Server/R150-T62-rev-100 What value-add does System76 provide?
The ability to actually buy it? I'm not joking; most ODM equipment is a hassle to buy, especially in small quantities for POCs.
After my experience buying a first-gen Gigabyte ARM server, I can only say...
So many product lines for such a small company. Laptops, Desktops, Servers. Not even Apple is able to effectively manage this many different products. I don't know much about them, but from my first impression it looks like a company with lack of focus. I'm not sure how they will be able to create killer product in any of the segments they're trying to compete in. Based on my above observation (admittedly superficial…
I bought one of their laptops years ago and liked it; I eventually bequeathed it to a sister-in-law, who seems to like it well enough. I probably won't buy their stuff again, because I only run Debian these days, but I think that they're a decent company and I recommend them to folks who want to run Ubuntu.
Out of curiosity, where do you go for pre-built Debian systems, or completely OS-less systems? I would think that merely having the promise of Ubuntu support out of the box would make it better to install Debian, than on some random Windows machine.
Ouch. If it's having trouble keeping pace with the E6-2670v1 that's not good. That's an 8-core chip from 2012. You can get them on eBay for $75.
Remember Intel is market leader making full-custom CPU's with more money thrown at each one than these small companies have. They also optimize the heck out of single-core performance which most RISC multicores don't. I think it's one of those things where you have to choose best bang for buck supporting an oligopoly or sacrifice some performance/cash to encourage new product development. Market says it overwhelmingly favors the former.