Who crunches numbers better? PC, Mac, PS3?
PC running as a hackintosh, PS3 running a linux variant (unbuntu, or yellowdog?), and the mac running whatever the newest version is, because Steve Jobs told you these new features are needed.
=Seth-
So, I’m looking for the best workstation style flops/$ for parallel computing. Any suggestions? 8 cores good, 16 better. I was thinking of going with a Mac Pro for $2800. 8×2.8 GHz Harpertown cores & 2 GB ECC RAM. Student discount takes off another 10-20%.
=Detnap-
=Seth-
http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/build-a-hackintosh-mac-for-under-800-321913.php
I could do without some things (smaller case, HD, & vid card) and improve on others (upgrade memory & quad core), and have my self a reasonable cluster node. Definitely not workstation class hardware, but it would work as a hackintosh for cheap.
Found this article. Looks interesting in this case:
http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/02/26/1203788327976.html
Astro guy uses ps3’s as a super computer. Nothing groundbreaking, but at $400 bucks a pop perhaps cheaper to daisy chain a few together and gain even MORE power that you thought possible.