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throw away the IBM DIMM, it doesnt like other manufacturers and besides, they cost a fortune !), the 9gb has gone and been replaced by a 17GB SCSI and a 140GB IDE RAID and the gfx ...
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 ...
Product Information for "IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 6223" »
Mainboard
Chipset Type
Intel E7525
Data Bus Speed
800 MHz
Monitor
Monitor Type
None
Graphics controller
Graphics Processor / Vendor
No graphics
Audio output
Type
Sound card - integrated
Compliant Standards
AC '97
Mouse
Technology
Optical
Interface
PS/2
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
OS Certified
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Manufacturer's product description
As technical applications have matured, the bounds of 32-bit computing have become a daily reality - memory swapping for complex 3D models, glacial rendering times, elaborate workarounds - not merely a theoretical limit. Meanwhile, UNIX shops coveting the mounting advantages of mainstream workstations count their own woes, from high initial cost to lagging graphics performance. The transition to a standards-based 64-bit solution was deadlocked in an either/or world... until IBM turned the tide. Consider the IntelliStation Z Pro with Intel Xeon processor, featuring Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T). Set a faster pace with familiar 32-bit software while growing into key 64-bit applications, optimizing your workflow and maximizing ROI. With IBM, it's all about making the choice easy: 32- and 64-bits, Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux, 2D and 3D graphics tuned to your applications - whatever's best for you.
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