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On 5/27/2024 3:12 AM, vallor wrote:
> On 27 May 2024 06:34:01 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
> <lbinqpFj5p4U2@mid.individual.net>:
> 
>> On Mon, 27 May 2024 03:00:55 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I just went to Dell and looked up "Linux Workstation", and this was
>>> top-of-the-line:
>>>
>>> https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/precision-7960-tower-
>> workstation/spd/precision-t7960-workstation/xctopt7960usai_vp
>>>
>>> I already posted a link to the System76 Thelio.
>>>
>>> They are expensive compared to consumer desktops.
>>
>> Well, Granny probably doesn't need a 28 core Xeon to watch cat videos.
>> Lenovo has a 96 core Threadripper in case she wants to search for
>> recipes at the same time.
>>
>> https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/glossary/workstation-vs-desktop-business/
> 
> Interesting, thank you for the link.
> 
> I poked around Lenovo's site, and unlike the Dell or System76
> workstations, there's no Linux option; they all use
> "Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 64".  (I wonder what the "for
> Workstations" gets you?)  Memory capacity is also a bit
> anemic for the high-end systems.

I found a Linux option immediately.

Products
  Workstations
   Desktop Workstations
    scroll down
    PX Workstation - View 4 models
     then click 'Build Your PC' on the $5,509.42 model
     (which is the cheapest of the 4)

The Ubuntu option says it saves $99, but when you choose it it ADDS 
$17.40, to $5526.82.

When you switch back to Windows, it ADDS another $57.42, to 5584.24.

The other more costly workstations only have Add To Cart option, from 
which you can supposedly 'Edit Specs' but then the website hung.

Clearly Microsoft pays Lenovo for these site glitches.


It's all moot anyway: according to Duh-Olive, only Linux offers 
"workstation-class functionality".

MS is doomed.