In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:13:54 +0100
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> ____/ Jerry McBride on Thursday 15 May 2008 23:37 : \____
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> IBM launches Cell blades for HPC
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>>> | The Bladecenter QS22 systems will run Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
>>> | include IBM's open sauce Eclipse development environment. IBM claims its
>>> | new QS22 systems can be integrated with x86 based servers in customers'
>>> | data centers.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/14/ibm-launches-cell-blades-hpc
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>> Dude... I'd give anything... to have a CELL powered rack. Can you imagine
>> the power? A fully functional Cell server or desktop? I'd put Intel to
>> Shame in seconds...
>>
>>
>> And the best part... WINDOWS not supported...
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> Not even AMD (x86). ;-)
Ick. Good thing I'm not planning to install XP on my Athlon, then. :-)
CELL might be fun to play with; certainly PS3 is Linux-capable.
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> XP SP3 crashes AMD machines
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> | One user reported, "I just installed Windows XP SP3 and after completing the
> | processes and when the system reboots, the system cannot proceed to load the
> | Windows. It just displays the flash screen of Windows then after it reboots
> | again."
> |
> | Angry users have also reported that, after the installation, it is not even
> | possible to boot in safe mode, usually the last resort before setting up a
> | repeated forehead/screen interface.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/09/xp-sp3-crashes-amd-machines
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Windows. When it absolutely, positively has to work.
(FSVO "absolutely", "positively", "has to", and "work".)
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