Solaris 10 Free

[iago]

SPARC is made by Sun, as far as I know.

SPARC's assembly is nice, it's actually a lot nicer than x86. I really enjoyed learning it.

[Hostile]

Agreed. SPARC chips, though you won't find with nearly as many frills or high numbers as your latest intel or AMD have been historically noted for their reliability and good performance. They were also the first really popularized 64 bit systems... but yeah intel and amd obviously made much more affordable solutions now and with alot higher clock rates the a SPARC system. You're still not going to run a system as smooth as one of those though. :p

[quasi-modo]

what about MIPS?

[tA-Kane]

Agreed. SPARC chips, though you won't find with nearly as many frills or high numbers as your latest intel or AMD have been historically noted for their reliability and good performance. They were also the first really popularized 64 bit systems... but yeah intel and amd obviously made much more affordable solutions now and with alot higher clock rates the a SPARC system. You're still not going to run a system as smooth as one of those though. :p

Arguably, you don't need fast clock speeds to get a fast computer.

[cefx-]

Hola.

I signed up for some contest or something, and apparently I was given a free x86-64 copy of Solaris 10.  I need to give them my mailing info, though.  Heh.

There's some quiz or something on their website asking what you think of Sol10 vs other solaris versions.

And if you win, you win a 40gb iPod.  But if you enter, you get a free copy of x86-64 amd64 Solaris 10.

I'll let you know if they actually mail it....

[Blaze]

They are quizing you on your opinion, or is it a contest?

[quasi-modo]

They are quizing you on your opinion, or is it a contest?

I would think it is something like a "give us your thoughts and you will be entered to win!!1!"