Justly,
As I mentioned before, this is a project for the InfoWorld Test Center. A private study, for one of our corporate clients, would be more specific in nature. However, given the data at hand, and taking into account the usage patterns observed at various customer sites, I'd be hard pressed to recommend Opteron as a workstation solution for my customers.
Also note that, despite the objections noted here, the vendors themselves are not disputing our findings. IBM feels they got a fair shake, as do the other particpants. In the end, that's all that really matters...
RCK
As I mentioned before, this is a project for the InfoWorld Test Center. A private study, for one of our corporate clients, would be more specific in nature. However, given the data at hand, and taking into account the usage patterns observed at various customer sites, I'd be hard pressed to recommend Opteron as a workstation solution for my customers.
Also note that, despite the objections noted here, the vendors themselves are not disputing our findings. IBM feels they got a fair shake, as do the other particpants. In the end, that's all that really matters...
RCK