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Re: Computing Speed [message #11029 is a reply to message #10839]

Thu, 19 February 1998 00:00

Helge.Rebhan
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Registered: October 1997

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In article <34EAE0EA.7B9A7DE@LaRC.NASA.gov>,
J.M.nospam.Zawodny@LaRC.NASA.gov wrote:

>>
>> What has been other people's experience running IDL on PC and UNIX
>> based
>> machines? How about Macs? Fast, slow. . . ?
>
> I noticed the same thing when I switched from a DEC Alpha 3000/500
> to a PPro 200MHz a couple of years ago. The PPro was nearly twice
> as fast and most IDL tests and it cost way less than the Alpha
> (and I could buy software for NT unlike Digital Unix). Most of
> the Alpha folks here have upgraded to PC's. We are now working on
> getting rid of Sun's and saving a few hundred thousand dollars in
> the process.

You will also save a significant amount of money for your IDL licences !
Out of some 'historic' reasons IDL on Unix workstations is 3 to 5 times
more expensive than PC or MAC versions ! I never heared any justification
for this ??

Servus, Helge

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		Computing Speed By: Matthew Hanson on Tue, 17 February 1998 00:00
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