IBM IntelliStation A Pro 6224

It's Big, It's Black and it's Sexy !

Advantages: No-one ever got fired for buying IBM
Disadvantages: I can't hear you over the fans....

Just to the right of my right leg is sat one of these boxes. About 3 years ago I was offered it for a very very nice £90, no monitor or keyboard. 'A bargain I thought'. '£90 for a nice middle level server, SCSI and dual processor potential, can't go wrong with that' and guess what, (at least pretend to be surprised !) it's still working. If you have read some of my other reviews on computer hardware, you may figure out I like stuff that's a little old but I figure that if it has either a HP or an IBM badge on the front, it is usually worth buying. My 6889 came with 128mb and a 9gb drive, since then I've upgraded it to 1GB using standard 256mb DIMMs (a tip, throw away the IBM DIMM, it doesnt like other manufacturers and besides, they cost a fortune !), the 9gb has gone and been replaced by a 17GB SCSI and a 140GB IDE RAID and the gfx ...

Vaio 14.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6889

Is it up to the job?

Advantages: small and less space consuming
Disadvantages: Does not look that good

This small micro station is just as powerfull and fast as any other Dell Computer. Main Specs Product Description IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 6866 - PIII Xeon 866 MHz Type Workstation Form Factor Micro tower Dimensions (WxDxH) 21.6 cm x 60.7 cm x 44 cm Weight 34 kg Localisation English / United Kingdom Processor 1 x Intel Pentium III Xeon 866 MHz Cache Memory 256 KB (installed) / 256 KB (max) - L2 Cache - Advanced Transfer Cache RAM 512 MB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - RDRAM (RAMBUS) - ECC - 600 MHz Storage Controller SCSI ( Ultra2 Wide SCSI ) - PCI Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy Hard Drive 1 x 9.1 GB - standard - Ultra2 SCSI Optical Storage 1 x CD-ROM Monitor None Graphics Controller AGP 4x - nVidia Riva TNT2 - 64 MB Audio Output Sound card - Intel AC 97 - PCI - stereo - 16-bit ...

Aarondicks 30.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 6866

IBM Quality @ IBM Price

Advantages: Good extra features. Can play CD's from keyboard
Disadvantages: Price?

Now here’s an opinion that nearly didn’t get written, mainly because I’m too busy using the damned thing to write about it. I’m talking about my IBM Rapid Access Keyboard. I have been using this for about 18 months now, and if I remember correctly it cost me about £30 from PCW, the shop whose name I can’t bring myself to say in full! Since keyboards can be had for a fiver upwards, what’s so special about it? Well, nothing from the “Immense Bowel Movement”* is ever going to be cheap, but it does carry some extra features, which set it part from the “fiver jobs”. *Some “IBMers” have their own pet theories. “I Bin Moved” is one heartfelt cry, whilst German employees have been known to call it “Ich Bin Müde” – I am tired. Firstly ...

BNibbles 20.11.2001 · Read full review
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