RE: Is XL300 or EBP41-AN any good?

["Bernard Chew, Lai Wan" <Bernard Chew dnvps com>]

Not to start a x86 vs Alpha discussion, but could you comment on the 
relative performance of XL300 vs x86 performance on FP and Integer 
apps under Linux-Axp and Linux-x86 respectively?

Basically, it's to see if I'm getting my money's worth. I'll be paying 
about US$1500 (inlcuding shipping) for the 300MHz XL300 with 64MB Ram, 
2GB Hdd and 16GB PCI video card combination. In x86 world, that buys a 
PII-350 or 400MHz system. But if the XL300 gives about equivalent 
performance, I'm willing to give it a try.

Thanks

Bernard Chew
bchew@dnvps.com

>Well, I have an XL300, and it's been pretty zippy so far. Good way to 
get
>into 64-bit.

>>I'm planning to learn about Linux on Alpha, and am looking at either 
a
>>complete XL300 system, or building my own using the EBP41-AN
>> motherboard. Are these two options I'm evaluating any good? For a 
person
>> who is new to Alpha wanting to start out, I mean.