UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello

I would like to know where there is a difference between these two machines?

HP9000-735/125
HP9000-B132L

What does that all mean?

Okay, HP= Hewlett Packard
But 9000, 725/125, B132L ????

I am asking that question because I am about to buy one for myself, so I can have some fun with it. And I havent worked with HP jet!

Greetings
Marcus

My HP Guru tells me that you should check out partsurfer.hp.com. You can enter the part number you posted and get all the specs for those systems (plus see that most of it isn't supported or sold anymore!!!) Plus diagrams.

9000 is the generic name HP gives to its unix workstations....sort of like IBM's RS/6000 designation. 735/125 and B132L are model names, like Dell calling a particular model a "Dimension 8100" and sticking the MHz of the CPU on the end.

The 735/125 will be slower than the B132L, moreso than the MHz difference would indicate since the 735 uses an older CPU generation. Neither is going to be terribly fast. You will probably see raw processing power similar to a Pentium (~150 MHz).

Either of these would make a nice affordable learner box and general purpose workstation. If you plan to do anything computationally intensive I'd look elsewhere, though I'm sure there are science labs etc. where these beasts are still in use crunching data. Similar hardware from other manufacturers...Sun Ultra 1 170, SGI indy, etc...

I have a hp9000 715/80 at home. It's pretty old, but for a home play box, it's great! Like cejoe says, if you want to do anything cutting-edge, it may not cut it. But for the most part, even those old 80/125 Mhz processors will surprise you if you're used to Intel.