[Robert Cervellione]

i am thinking about a new workstations.

has anyone had experience with the HP xw8400.

the reason i am looking at HP is because i want to use HP's remote graphics so i can put the new workstations in the server rack

[LarsSon]

We just bought two 2x quadcore xw 8400 machines to our company.
I have also used 9400 earlier. They work without any problem.
Really quality machines. We also bought 10 8400 based machines for
render farm and they do the job like supposed to.

Hp have nice waranty that really works. Year ago power crashed from
one render slave. Next morning there was already guy from HP repairing it.

I sound like a market man, but in last few years I have bought about 30 HP
machines and haven't got any problems.

-LarsSon

[def4d]

i worked on an HP workstation one year ago, i don't remember the model. I wanted to see if it was solid, and it was!!! Intensive tests, renders etc, and it never crashed.

[JCAddy]

I use an xw8400 2x quad here at work and it flies. Love this computer!

[Leonardo]

question...
when does a PC has enough juice to be called workstation? Somebody asked me the other day

[JCAddy]

I'll call my computer whatever the hell I want to call it

[Leonardo]

I'll call my computer whatever the hell I want to call it

I had a guy (from another arch firm) on Friday tell me...
Guy: A friend just got a new computer, but it's not a pc or a mac.

Me: what is it?

Guy: It's a workstation...

Me: ahhh, I see...

Guy: What is a workstation?

Me: It's a pc with a fancy name... just like your server sitting over there

(I just wanted make sure, I didn't miss something on my description)
leo

[tom]

C=64 is a home computer!
No!! C=64 is a personal computer!
What's a personal computer?
The one you don't share with your wife and doesn't have outlook on it!

[def4d]

i had the Roland XP80 keyboard, it was a "workstation" too, the seller couldnt explain the difference neither

[Leonardo]

I guess my pc it's not a pc as my Fiance took over it.

Now I have a doggy background and a whole bunch of new mp3s every time I get to use it

[def4d]

a girlstation

[Robert Cervellione]

thanks for all your enlightening comments.

for me a workstation is a good computer that gets put in the UGLIEST case ever designed. why the hell cant they make a $6,000 computer look half as nice as a $2000 gamers computer. most of us who use workstations are designers, so why do we get stuck with the ugliest, most un-designed computers on the planet.

[Leonardo]

thanks for all your enlightening comments.

for me a workstation is a good computer that gets put in the UGLIEST case ever designed. why the hell cant they make a $6,000 computer look half as nice as a $2000 gamers computer. most of us who use workstations are designers, so why do we get stuck with the ugliest, most un-designed computers on the planet.

because we rather spend every last penny on performance intead of looks.... Kindda like cars.... you can tell who are the ones that are all look and no go

[Robert Cervellione]

i dont know a lot of cars have both.

[hyltom]

i dont know a lot of cars have both.

Is that nice?