For pure desktop use with some very minor web server tasks, plus to act as
host to a SunPCi card, I am looking for a comparison between the 440Mhz
Ultra10 and the 650Mhz Sunblade 150. Years ago I favored my Ultra10 over
the 550Mhz Sunblade 150s we got at work because the U10's CPU's cache was
bigger and, for me, the Ultra10 seemed overall more robust and better
built. Despite the IDE disks my Ultra10 still felt like my old Ultra2,
whereas the SB150 reminded me of the Dell PC I was intollerably made to
use

I do not however have any knowledge of the 650Mhz SB150 or its comparison
to the Ultra10.

Any advice?

Thanks.

Hi,

bolt thrower wrote:
> For pure desktop use with some very minor web server tasks, plus to act as
> host to a SunPCi card, I am looking for a comparison between the 440Mhz
> Ultra10 and the 650Mhz Sunblade 150. Years ago I favored my Ultra10 over
> the 550Mhz Sunblade 150s we got at work because the U10's CPU's cache was
> bigger and, for me, the Ultra10 seemed overall more robust and better
> built. Despite the IDE disks my Ultra10 still felt like my old Ultra2,
> whereas the SB150 reminded me of the Dell PC I was intollerably made to
> use
>
> I do not however have any knowledge of the 650Mhz SB150 or its comparison
> to the Ultra10.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks.
I can understand you feeling for U10 ahead of Blade 100/150 in some
ways, also the U10 is abit bigger inside which is good I think.

Performance vice I would put the Blade150 ahead of the U10, sligtly
faster CPU, ~20% I would say in a compute task but most important I
would say is better onboard graphics, USB/Firewire and best 2GB RAM with
standard and still available PC133 memorys.

U10 can only use 1GB RAM and using JDS that is not enough!

Get the Blade(any Blade 100/150/1000/1500/2000/2500) depending on your
budget.

/michael

* bolt thrower:

> For pure desktop use with some very minor web server tasks, plus to act as
> host to a SunPCi card, I am looking for a comparison between the 440Mhz
> Ultra10 and the 650Mhz Sunblade 150. Years ago I favored my Ultra10 over
> the 550Mhz Sunblade 150s we got at work because the U10's CPU's cache was
> bigger and,

Right, but the SB100 has a faster CPU with faster bus and much faster
memory subsystem (SDRAM vs slow EDORAM on U10, which also means much
easier memory upgrades on the SB100). Not to forget the faster IDE port
and built-in USB.

The SB150 is even faster...

Benjamin

Benjamin Gawert <bgawert@gmx.de> writes:

> * bolt thrower:
>
> > For pure desktop use with some very minor web server tasks, plus to
> > act as host to a SunPCi card, I am looking for a comparison between
> > the 440Mhz Ultra10 and the 650Mhz Sunblade 150. Years ago I favored
> > my Ultra10 over the 550Mhz Sunblade 150s we got at work because the
> > U10's CPU's cache was bigger and,
>
> Right, but the SB100 has a faster CPU with faster bus and much faster
> memory subsystem (SDRAM vs slow EDORAM on U10, which also means much
> easier memory upgrades on the SB100). Not to forget the faster IDE
> port and built-in USB.
>
> The SB150 is even faster...

I'd have to agree. My Ultra 10 was my first personally owned machine
and for things like compiling C++ and graphics performance, it was
good as long as it had a Creator or Elite 3D. Disk and cd-rom I/O
however, simply BLEW. If you research older discussions on ultra 5/10
you'll find out the IDE implementation is terrible and they tended to
ship with slow hard disks and cd drives.

Some people reported being quite satisfied with an Ultra 10 with SCSI
card and all new scsi peripherals inside. But by the time you spend
that much money you can now have a used SB1000 which is much faster
and also has a very cool illuminated Sun logo, which makes all your
computing more pleasant and also makes instant friends on the net when
you mention it. No kidding!

Chris
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