http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/ Engadget Comments for SGI name lives on after $42.5 million sale to Rackable Systems http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.rackable.com/]]>May 12th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SgiOctane.jpg

Friggin sweet aquamarine cube. If I could find one on ebay for cheap enough, i'd gut it and use the case for a serious workstation.
hm...
]]>May 12th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/ohhh how I wanted a 320 so badly in highschool when I began playing with 3ds max r2.5.... but that $5k+ pricetag was beyond me.

not anymore!! ;) good ol 320 running my CNC machine]]>May 12th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
Still, I almost bought one simply because they are so freaking cool. Like NeXT Cube cool.]]>May 12th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
Also, sgi has used lowercase letters for their name for years now.]]>May 12th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
I used to work on an SGI Indy, followed by the Octane and a PII Visual Workstation 320.
All us UNIX guys used to taunt the beige box crowd with our stylish SGI boxes...]]>May 12th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/

And wow on the price explosion, I sure hope they know what they're doing spending that much extra dinero to get this dinosaur.]]>May 12th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
Tried to nick a couple of Octanes last year from a television studio closing down. They were meant to call me when they were clearing the room they were in out (like they did with every other room), but forgot and they went in the skip. Bahs.]]>May 20th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
I also remember the first time I used Irix, and thinking "Jesus, this is what Windows wishes it could be when it grows up". Windows 3.1 was still the current version and it looked and worked like an absolute toy compared to Irix.
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I meant to say, do you all want one, I have one in my garage I'm not using]]>May 12th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
I now keep an R10K 195MHz / 4MB Max Impact setup under my bed at night as a continual source of inspiration.]]>May 12th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://design-crit.com/blog/2006/06/02/sgi-down-for-the-count/]]>May 12th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 12th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 13th 2009 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/May 13th 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/sgi-name-lives-on-after-42-5-million-sale-to-rackable-systems/
I need a beer.]]>May 13th 2009 1:46PM