Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray 358
fetusbear writes with a ZDNet story that says "'Microsoft and Cray are set to unveil on September 16 the Cray CX1, a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008. The pair is expected to tout the new offering as "the most affordable supercomputer Cray has ever offered," with pricing starting at $25,000.' Although this would be the lowest cost hardware ever offered by Cray, it would also be the most expensive desktop ever offered by Microsoft."
What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, come on, this thing's probably gotta play some pretty good games....
Let's see Toms Hardware and Anandtech put one of these babies through their paces!
My question is, how big does your Word document have to be for it to take a second to scroll from the top to the bottom of the document.
The Microsoft Tax (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, so THIS is what Vista is supposed to run on. (Score:4, Funny)
n/t
hardly news (Score:4, Funny)
Oh please. This really isn't "news for nerds". Maybe news for fools, but all of us here have known for months that this would be coming. I mean, what else can you imagine that would run Vista smoothly?
Finally (Score:4, Funny)
Antivirus (Score:5, Funny)
I bet Symantec Antivirus can get it on its knees.
Re:Antivirus (Score:5, Funny)
I bet Symantec Antivirus can get it on its knees.
In these kind of deals, they start off the other way around!
BSOD (Score:3, Funny)
This thing is able to generate the BSOD faster than anything you've EVER imagined.
Re:Too dinosaurs working together. (Score:4, Funny)
And yes, here's a couple jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Everyone else has probably done the usual "how fast can a Cray show a BSoD?" gags, so all I was left with was:
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:5, Funny)
But will it run Vista?
Re:Non-useless link (Score:5, Funny)
I got a 503: Unavailable. These guys should get a Cray or something to run their webserver on
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:3, Funny)
damnit, I knew this would be in the article before I'd get a chance to post it.
$25,000 pc's ought to be good enough for everyone.
Meanwhile, I wonder where the performance of this system is in comparison to other linux based systems?
Something funny about big iron (Score:1, Funny)
I've put Linux on both Mainframes and Supercomputers. What's really funny on those systems is the following:
echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
That's right, you can basically do a "Control-ALT-DEL" and reboot the great big box.
This really annoys the old farts.
Re:BSOD (Score:5, Funny)
It comes at you so fast, the BSOD is blue shifted to purple.
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:5, Funny)
Like the linux kernel developers are any better...every OS maker is greedy about increased CPU power. I first ran Linux in 1995 and it isn't that much faster now.
It would be if you'd upgraded your machine.
Re:Poor Seymour (Score:3, Funny)
I hear google has accuired his corpe and put coils around it. They plan to use it to power all their new data-havens.
Windows - finally - just like Unix! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Too dinosaurs working together. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:5, Funny)
I hear it'll play Crysis on Medium.
Re:BSOD (Score:5, Funny)
Re:BSOD (Score:5, Funny)
I came to this thread for +5 Funnies like I couldn't even imagine.
I was not disappointed.
Re:hardly news (Score:4, Funny)
Re:o_0 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:ummm? (Score:3, Funny)
I'd sell my left nut to buy one if they named it that, just to be able to say I had one.
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:2, Funny)
Here is a damper on 25K. Symantec and McAfee have both announced a version of Anti Virus package for these babies and they would cost around 75K.
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:5, Funny)
It would be if you'd upgraded your machine.
...what?! But that would reset his uptime!
Re:o_0 (Score:3, Funny)
My LARGE HARDON COLLIDER pushes large, energised hardons through a ring repeatedly, faster and faster, as smoothly and tightly as possible, until they clash and spray matter in all directions.
... what?
(Who invented that horribly typo-prone word [today.com] anyway?)
Oh I don't know... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure I could configure a Mac Pro that costs more than that, and it will run Windows too.
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:2, Funny)
It would be if you'd upgraded your machine.
...what?! But that would reset his uptime!
$ uptime
18:51:25 up 13 years, 263 days, 3:39, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Looks like he hasn't really been using his computer that much...
Re:Non-useless link (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, give them some time to develop for cutting edge technology, damnit! They can't be expected to redesign their website EVERY decade.
Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? (Score:2, Funny)
Or if you hit the turbo button