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re: Have you seen VT?
Can't say that I have so I can't comment on the space considerations. (I have seen the cool movie of the space at apple.com, though.)

I'm sure that there are considerations that we are unaware of. I can only guess that the Xserve, as a dedicated rack server device, has certain advantages over the tower. Well, mainly the ease of adding extra hard drives springs to mind as do fault tolerances and stuff like that.

As for the expense, I am guessing that Apple gave them a VERY good deal on the tower G5's and will do the same with the Xserves. The refurbished G5's that are being sold aren't that cheap, either, so VT may be doing just fine reselling them. Apple took them back, refurbished them and is now reselling them. While I doubt that Apple did an even swap between the towers and Xserves, I can't imagine them hosing VT considering all the positive press Big Mac has generated.

I think the bigger issue is the time to take the Big Mac apart and rebuild it using the new Xserves...

And the bigger picture is that VT has not only shown that a supercomputer can be built on the cheap with off the shelf computers but that it can be rebuilt as well. Try that with any other supercomputer on that top 10 list.
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Too Much  JakAttak | 02/12/04
1G RAM included  MarcB_z | 02/13/04
Price is too high  fmladineo | 02/13/04
ah what a poc  optimaloptimusprime | 02/12/04
Really?  middle of nowhere | 02/12/04
when you do  dr praetorius | 02/12/04
And a grammar checker  thepubba | 02/12/04
Sorry but no  ndelc | 02/12/04
sad but true  stephen732@... | 02/12/04
diversion  bway al | 02/12/04
crap is in the eyes of the beholder  bway al | 02/12/04
And between his ears, apparently. (nt)  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/13/04
Comments from the clueless  Rick_K | 02/13/04
THE TRUE POWER  optimaloptimusprime | 02/15/04
Rip-off  shanedr | 02/13/04
Or Investment...  MonsterPuppy | 02/13/04
I think they have too much money  flafone | 02/13/04
Um, no  MonsterPuppy | 02/13/04
Have you seen VT?  flafone | 02/13/04
re: Have you seen VT?  MonsterPuppy | 02/13/04
Space  ndelc | 02/13/04
Key words here are..  mlindl | 02/14/04
Probably part of the original agreement  Ken_z | 02/13/04
It's called r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h  JoeBob_z | 02/15/04
We may never know the real reason of garage sale.  Vily Clay | 02/13/04
You're all just guessing...  David Parker | 02/13/04
RE: Vily, start reading before you post  JakAttak | 02/13/04
Can you read anything but Apple?s SCI-FI?  Vily Clay | 02/13/04
RE: Apple's SCI-FI  JakAttak | 02/13/04
Why didn't Alienware get the contract?  Ken_z | 02/13/04
Why you like to be cheated?  Vily Clay | 02/13/04
Why you like to make fool of yourself?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/13/04
Where did you find valid arguments against me?  Vily Clay | 02/13/04
Slow?  Ken_z | 02/13/04
Note: G5 ? ?champion? in benchmarks and loser in apps (NT)  Vily Clay | 02/14/04
Vily Clay is a plant designed to make you...  mlindl | 02/14/04
Mlindl, can you ? ?  Vily Clay | 02/15/04
They're not losing money  marcom_z | 03/08/04

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