Comment Cost Analysis (Score 1) 105
I want to know how VT was able to do it's cost analysis so fast.
From what I've heard, VT ordered the G5 the day they came out, or shortly after. But if one were to perform a cost vs performance, they would need background data. Also, they should have been hesitant to accept Apple's specs on the machine, and hoped for some real world test, or maybe some in-house testing of a few machines.
I find it hard to believe that VT was able to truly compare the G5 to competitor products, with out prior data of the machines.
On the other hand, I would say that some of the software features of OS X would make the machines fairly cheaper in terms of setup time. I don't know if they use Rendezvous (I know that some software uses it for distributed computing, Final Cut Pro and XCode in particular). Also, the other OS X features that have already been mentioned like cooling and the fact that it is UNIX based.
Anyways, this is enough of a rant, and I'll let someone else have the floor now.
From what I've heard, VT ordered the G5 the day they came out, or shortly after. But if one were to perform a cost vs performance, they would need background data. Also, they should have been hesitant to accept Apple's specs on the machine, and hoped for some real world test, or maybe some in-house testing of a few machines.
I find it hard to believe that VT was able to truly compare the G5 to competitor products, with out prior data of the machines.
On the other hand, I would say that some of the software features of OS X would make the machines fairly cheaper in terms of setup time. I don't know if they use Rendezvous (I know that some software uses it for distributed computing, Final Cut Pro and XCode in particular). Also, the other OS X features that have already been mentioned like cooling and the fact that it is UNIX based.
Anyways, this is enough of a rant, and I'll let someone else have the floor now.
