> hi,
>
> our department recently bought an alpha machine with linux on.
> however, they are sending it back because some of the comercial
> software is not supported.
> the idea now is to get a dual processor pentium.
totally a function of what you get. a single processor
pentiumII/celeron 450A/etc will have more horsepower
than a dual cpu pentium1/233 -- similar/superior cpu
power and no cpu/bus contention. if you go SMP, look
into dual pentiumII at the very least, dual celeron
if you are on a budget and aren't afraid of
taking a soldering iron to your cpus[1].
[1] I've a dual celeron, instructions for folks
unafraid of voiding warrantees are @
http://www.cih.com/~hagan/dualceleron/
-- craig
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