Quoting Richard_D_Levine(at)raytheon(dot)com:
> > exploring the option of buying 10 cheapass
> > machines for $300 each. At the moment, that $300 buys you, from
> Dell, a
> > 2.5Ghz Pentium 4
>
> Buy cheaper ass Dells with an AMD 64 3000+. Beats the crap out of
> the 2.5
> GHz Pentium, especially for PostgreSQL.
Whence "Dells with an AMD 64" ?? Perhaps you skimmed:
http://www.thestreet.com/tech/kcswanson/10150604.html
or
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1553822,00.asp