64-bit ARM desktop hardware?

Re:64-bit ARM desktop hardware? by mindcrime on Monday July 25, 2016 @11:35AM (#12159362)

Yeah, I like the idea behind TALOS, but nearly $4k for just the motherboard and CPU??? That's a bit much for me to swallow. :-(

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Re:64-bit ARM desktop hardware? by snuxoll on Monday July 25, 2016 @11:43AM (#12159419)

I agree that 4K is a tough pill to swallow, hopefully something like this eventually goes down to the ~2K price range, I could probably jump on it then.

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Re:64-bit ARM desktop hardware? by dublinben on Monday July 25, 2016 @12:03PM (#12159558)

If people don't help support it at $4k, it will never reach $2k.

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Re:64-bit ARM desktop hardware? by snuxoll on Monday July 25, 2016 @12:11PM (#12159613)

The issue is at 4K I might as well buy a "proper" POWER server from IBM (like the S812LC) for the same price since I don't need a "workstation" form-factor (I've already got some rackmount equipment at home, and my current development system is just a Fedora VM running on my home server).

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Re:64-bit ARM desktop hardware? by anoother on Monday July 25, 2016 @12:56PM (#12159934)

The S812LC is designed, and made, by Tyan.

http://www.tyan.com/campaign/openpower/

If by 'proper' power system you mean IBM Pseries, this is not it.

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Re:64-bit ARM desktop hardware? by snaky on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @07:18AM (#12164785)

That's not that much actually. Look at Thinkpad P70 or other Xeon-based high-end workstation.

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