RE: POWER6 now or later?

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How many fans do you have in your laptop?

Paul Nelson
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Office 512-392-2577
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:59 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: POWER6 now or later?

??  If they are porting the OS to a blade server then it would seem they 
have resolved issues of heat? 

Paul Nelson wrote:
> Why not a laptop? Heat.
>
> Paul Nelson
> Cell 708-670-6978
> Office 512-392-2577
> nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:40 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: POWER6 now or later?
>
> I am still not sure I understand the business case for a desktop unit.  
> Portability, for marketing I suppose?  But after that very small need, 
> then what?  Besides, if the goal is portability then why not a laptop?
>
> If the battle is for price alone, then other solutions seem 
> quicker/easier/more responsive?
>
>
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> Paul Nelson wrote:
>   
> > We've already had a desktop sized machine (P01). It didn't sell. Perhaps
> > with better pricing, the market would be better. System i's are already
> > being used in POS applications. Several vendors, including Responsive
Data
> > Systems, have software for POS that bolts on to other back office
> >     
> packages.
>   
> > Paul Nelson
> > Cell 708-670-6978
> > Office 512-392-2577
> > nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces+nelsonp=speakeasy.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces+nelsonp=speakeasy.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> >     
> Of
>   
> > Joe Pluta
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:35 AM
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: POWER6 now or later?
> >
> >   
> >     
> > > From: Booth Martin
> > >
> > > Help me a bit here, Joe.  I am trying to visualize how I would use a
> > > desktop System i.   I have this hilarious mental image of twin-ax
> > > spreading through the plant, all from my desk.  So how would I use it?
> > >     
> > >       
> > One of the big complaints I hear is that nobody can afford a System i to
> > work on.  With low-end machines under $10K now, I suspect a desktop would
> >     
> be
>   
> > closer to the $5K range making it available to just about anybody serious
> > about wanting to learn the machine. 
> >
> > I'm not a big rack guy myself, so I wouldn't mind a desktop or mini-tower
> > version of a System i in my own setup; my two System i servers take up a
> >     
> lot
>   
> > of room (and power and heat) in my network.  I think a smaller form
factor
> > System i would also be a great fit in distributed environments.  I could
> >     
> see
>   
> > a System i in a Point of Sale configuration, for example: one per local
> > store, with a self-contained retail store application that tied via WAN
to
> >     
> a
>   
> > central location. 
> >
> > Joe
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> >
> >   
> >     
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