Re: [cobalt-users] NEW Cobalt RaQ xtr

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> Looks like Cobalt has (or will have) a new toy out...
>
>   http://www.cobalt.com/products/xtr/index.html
>
> Other than the price ($4799 and $5999, respectively),
> what is everyone's general opinion? Some comments:

Looks sweet to me and in a good position for the market...

>
>  * why the move to the Pentium III over the AMD?

as I see it there are three versions of proccessors...

The latest one (Very Expensive)
The just outdated one (Great prices)
The old ones (Can't get'em anymore)

I guess what I'm saying is they made it with the most cost effective cpu

>  * the configurations ship with 2 and 3 drives; are
>    these expressly for RAID, or is the idea to allow
>    up to 120GB of internal storage through an arry?

Very good question and I don't know but if coblat sends me one I'll figure
it out..

>  * BlueLinQ app delivery service -- seems like an
>    auto-update/install feature for .pkg files? No
>    offense to Cobalt, but we usually wait a week to
>    see how many people get burned with the latest
>    install, or if it gets pulled from the site...

ROTFL
Aggreed

>  * auto-DNS -- I wonder how user-configurable this
>    is, or if it uses a default config/template?

Again I don't know for sure but I have a feeling that when you setup a
virtual site it will automaticly setup the basic DNS settings which they
(Again to the best of my knowlege) have never done before... I would hope we
can still edit the settings however...

Zeffie