Hey Luis,
I think Cobalt's own sales literature sums it up best (at
http://trueblue.cobalt.com/media/raq3salestraining.ppt in the reseller
section), indicating that the supportable lifespan of the MIPS-based RaQ 2
will decline rapidly in the next 6 months. Cobalt HAS to have a solid base
of x386 product out there to keep their leg up on the other appliances
that will be due out in the next two months from IBM, Compaq, and even
Dell.
For this reason, the pricing on the RaQ 2 line will drop dramatically, as
will the RaQ 3 as other competitive products are introduced. That doesn't
do much for us out on the bleeding edge, but it will be worth it in the
long run.
I got the LOW end RaQ 3 (32Mb 8.4Gb single 10/100, no SCSI or PCI) unit
and maxed it out with 256Mb of RAM and an additional internal 37Gb drive.
It gave me a great intro price (less than $2000) into a technology that I
know we HAVE to be working with.