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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi, All<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Need to make decision for
purchasing a computer to install Linux and grass on it. I am looking at dell
and sun – Ultra 40 M2 and Dell Precision 690n. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Maximum users for using grass will
be around 15 – for a GIS course. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Could you commend on this and
suggest some alternatives, if the following are not the best choices? Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jun<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Ultra 40 M2 $3,745<br>
Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation. 2 x AMD Opteron 1207 Rev F Model 2214 (2.2
GHz/dual-core) processor, 8GB (4x2GB) DDR-667 ECC memory, 1 x 250GB 7200 rpm
SATA HDD with Solaris 10 pre-installed, NVIDIA Quadro FX1500 PCI-Express
graphics card, DVD Dual, 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet, two x16 PCI Express slots,
two x8 PCI Express slots, one legacy PCI slot. Standard Configuration. RoHS-6
Compliant. <br>
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BUILD YOUR SYSTEM $3,326.80<br>
Dell Precision Workstation 690n - 750W Dual Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160
3.00GHz, 4MB L2,1333 edit <br>
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS v4 for EM64T 64bit system w/ 1 YR
RHN, w/ Media edit <br>
2nd Processor None edit <br>
Memory 4GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, 667MHz, ECC (4 DIMMS) edit <br>
Graphic Cards 128MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro NVS 285, Dual DVI or Dual VGA
Capable edit <br>
Boot Hard Drive 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst
Cache™ edit <br>
CD-ROM, DVD, and Read-Write Devices 48X CD-ROM edit <br>
2nd Hard Drive 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst Cache™
edit <br>
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