Re: [users] i386 or PowerPc

[kyle@bieneman.org]

> > then again, unless you are talking absolutely high volume, there is
> > nothing of big computational cost that your server will do, so i'd
> > assume a pentium would work just as fine. however, if you have the
> > means, go for the G4!
>
> No, go for the PIII, especially if you're going to run Linux - ix86
> systems are simply better supported than powermacs. That can be a big
> deal if you're going to run software available only as a binary.

I know it wasn't one of the listed options, but I've heard AMD's chips have had much better price/performance ratios lately, especially compared to the PIII.

Cheers,
  Kyle