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If you haven't already read the review of the Intergraph TD260 on the previous page, please read the first two paragraphs now. The context of the discussion I began there continues here.
Dell's first workstation PC was a good computer, but to be honest it was a workstation in name only. This time the term "workstation" fits. There is an obvious extra level of attention to detail in this computer that was lacking in Dell's first workstation. The jump to 450 MHz and the 100 MHz bus offers a new level of performance that blows away the previous generations of Intel-based computing.
I first saw the 410 at A/EIC SYSTEMS '98, where Dell was offering the press private appointments to see a pre-release model. The 450 MHz Pentium II was not yet available, so the...