[Pc_Support] Re: Tom's Hardware: Brand New Xeon v. Old Opteron using non-server applications and

[Bryan J. Smith]

On 10/27/06, Bryan J. Smith <thebs413 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ummm, dude, it's not the publication costs I'm worried about.  It's
> the acquisition of tens of thousands of dollars of equipment!!!
> Even if I could swing some "on loan" deals, I still need basic network
> infrastructure and an array of PCs as well as a couple of enterprise
> servers for basic test apparatus.  That _used_ to be the difference
> between these "enthusiast" sites and _real_ magazines like Network
> Computing or Network World.
> Unfortunately, not even those 2 benchmark anything anymore.

FYI, this is what I'm ultimately referring back to ...
http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/pc_support/2006-October/002707.html
http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/pc_support/2006-October/002708.html

I _have_ the publication know-how and experience.  What I don't have
is real, technical capital in infrastructure.  That will take a
sizable investment (5 figures) just to "get started," and will quickly
explode into larger ones (6 figures) to do testing proper -- even with
vendor equipment under test on-load/for-free.

You can't do this shit with unmanaged switches and PC mainboards.  ;->