commodorejohn
Veteran Member
Yeah, it made reasonable sense, it was just one of those things where "standards" went in a different direction.
I have a 9000/735 and SUN Ultra1, IPC and SparcClassic. The SUNs are consistently well designed and of very good quality. This particular HP is of the older design that are expensively constructed, it cost over US$40k new, much more than the SUNs.
Some other HP models are of a clamshell construction and seem flimsy in comparison, e.g the 715. The HP has a coin battery for the clock and won't give you any RTC replacement issues as the SUNs do. It's easier to find an OS and software for the SUNs but I think HPUX is more refined and looks more professional, plus I have NextStep installed which is entertaining.
Thank God, finally I know that it's not only me. As a collector of pizza box workstations I had been longing for an HP box for quite some time. Finally I got my hands on a 715, and it was a huge disappointment. My Sun and NeXT boxes are of a much better build quality, so after gathering dust for a couple of months I gave the HP away without ever bothering to install NEXTSTEP.My bigger problem has to do with the weird "stylish" offset-lid design, which I have never once been able to get back together the way it's supposed to fit.
... though I heard they use a lot of electricity?