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In article <1iarmrINNk28@news.cerf.net>, davsmith@nic.cerf.net (David Smith) writes:
|> 
|> Top ten differences betweed PC's and workstation's
|> 
|> 10. PC's have PowerUsers (tm), workstation's have Guru's
|> 9. Workstations come with powerful backup utilities, like dump/restore and dd
|> 8. Can't buy workstation peripherals at Crazy Al's Discount Computer
|> 7. PC's have better games

well, i definitely disagree with this one.

|> 6. Humor impaired PC users can't easily post to the net
|> 5. Don't have to log in to PC (Note - this functionality can be reproduced
|>    on Sun's with the exclusive "L1-A" key combo)
|> 4. "Workstation" implies you actually do something useful with your computer,
|>    even if yo do only run Xtrek and news all day.
                             ^^^^^
PC's have more games, but the vast majority use the computer as your
opponent.  workstations are usually fast enough and networked such that you
can play real-time interactive games against other people and just use the
computer as an interface.  xtrek is a good example of this (so is xtank).
even slow/strategy games are better if you can play with/against several
people instead of against the computer.

|> 3. Workstations have "field engineers" who will come to your office and break
|>    it for you.
|> 2. Workstations don't come in those grody PC cases
|> 1. You don't send Bill Gates any money when you buy a workstation
|> 
|> -- 
|> David L. Smith
|> smithd@discos.com or davsmith@nic.cerf.net

everyone knows games are the #1 use for computers. :)

axel