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Submission + - The Personal Supercomputer - Yes You Can Buy One

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funkymonkey99

on Sunday January 21, 2007 @05:28AM

funkymonkey99 writes: "http://technofart.com/index.php/2007/01/21/the-per sonal-supercomputer-its-here-yes-you-can-buy-one/
Having somehow found myself at the Top 500 Supercomputers website, I see an ad on the left for a 'personal supercomputer' and immediately think "you have got to be kidding me, no they did not"-out of sheer morbid curiosity, I click. Yes, they did. 8 AMD Opteron HE processors, 16GB of RAM, 4 SATA hard drives...Good lord..."

Submission + - Windows tax now optional at HP

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21, 2007 @04:27AM

An anonymous reader writes: I've read alot lately about the lack of pre-installed Linux on new machines, and the virtually mandatory Windows tax that customers must pay with most new computers. I haven't found anything WRT the former, but apparently it is possible to opt-out of the latter (up to $100 in some cases) when customizing the options for small and medium business level notebooks from HP's online store. I'll likely take advantage of that option (if it's still available) if/when I'm ready to buy a new notebook.

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