> I'm pretty much with you as an SGI owner, but what you may not be aware > of is that > SGI has been using Intell stuff in it's more recent machines. Makes you > wonder if > they sold out and then lost.... the scary thing is, that as I understand it, the latest x86 boxen from SGI, aren't really SGIs; they're relabeled Acers (the desktops) and Dells (the servers). the original SGI x86 workstations were *very* cool (had a real boot prom, 3 64-bit PCI slots); but they must not have sold well enough or something. :( even the SGI guys admit that the x86 SGIs are crap these days. :( Carl Soderstrom. -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700