Thursday, July 30, 2009

Why are Silicon Graphics on UNIX so popular in the scientific community ?

In tons of Biochemistry labs, I see a Silicon Graphics machine (or 20) running on UNIX. Just out of curiousity I go their site and see they cost approximately 5 guh-jillion dollars. What is so incredible out these things ?

Why are Silicon Graphics on UNIX so popular in the scientific community ?
They have incredible processing and video processing power. That's a reason they're so expensive.
Reply:High quality graphics.

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