Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!leah!rpi!crdgw1!sungod!davidsen From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: What differentiates a Workstation from a PC (Re: What should GNU run on (was Re: what kinds of things . . .)) Message-ID: <1662@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 14 Aug 89 17:46:13 GMT References: <20519@adm.BRL.MIL> <36370@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <5665@ficc.uu.net> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 12 It's a snob issue... a 386 running SysV, with X and NFS is a PC, but a Sun 2/160 with the CPU of a programmable thermostat is a workstation. The only consistent diference is that a "PC" comes standard with fewer pixels on the display. Price is important, too. If it doesn't cost a lot, it isn't a workstation. I changed a "PC" from mono to 1024x768 color this weekend for about $650, on a "real computer" it would cost about that for the new cable (yes I'm joking ;-). bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me