In a wicked twist of fate (and the boundaries of modern computing), the cost of one tricked-out Quad-Core 2.5 GHz G5, with 16 Gigs of RAM and 1 TB of internal storage IS ALMOST EQUAL TO thirty-three stock Mac Minis, a combined 16 Gigabytes of RAM and 1.2 TB of internal storage.
Note: the 16 GB of ECC RAM in the G5 costs in excess of $10,000 alone.
However, I would wager that if you could arrange the Mac Minis in a Parallel Computing arrangement, their combined power (in gigaflops) might surpass that of the Quad-Core G5.
Sounds like a science project!! Where’s my research grant?
It sounds a lot like the tuition here at Mercer, too..
I love it! I’ll help you get started on your research grant! Here’s a dollar. Right here. Come and get it. Just think, your first grant. But I expect a full paper to come out of this, not one of your fictional dream sequences.
Funny: “This cart qualifies for free shipping.”
I sorta expected something more along the lines of “Buy 32 minis get the 33rd free.”