* Original message posted in: INF-HDWR.
* Crossposted in: UNIX.

I can get a Sparc 4 with built-in graphics, 128 MB RAM, and 4 GB of disk for $1300. 

Normally, I'm a Free UNIX fan, but I do like Solaris and Sparc hardware for
production purposes. The stuff NEVER breaks. I've had enough
bargain-basement Intel-based servers die when they were powered down for an
hour or so - the power supply solder cools and cracks, then the circuit's
broken when you want to bring it back up. Suns seem like they're built
better - I've never had a problem like that, and have a couple of Suns with
hellaciously long uptimes.

Solaris 2.6 is a nice package - the server edition comes with everything
you'd need. I'm looking forward to upgrading my current mailserver, a Sparc
5, and putting a fresh copy of Solaris on it, and putting it on my desktop.
It'll replace an aged Sparc 2 that's been my syslog/mail/spatch/ping host.


--- timEd 1.10.y2k+