ADLINK Launches Ampere Altra Developer Platform, Starting At $3999 USD

[brucethemoose]

Well, its CPU happens to work better on Linux than OS XII...

Except for lots of stuff not working? It's not exactly ready for linux workstation use yet.

[CochainComplex]

It looks like an ATX desktop and that's fine I think. If it looked like a 90s computer people would think it's out of place so that brings more questions. You can turn off lights or use the best color, which is...
You can use another case or use a hand-made one technically.

but with glass window. Yes one could mostlikely switch off everything. as said its nitpicking but for 4k$ ...
how about this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._mainframe.jpg
https://system76.com/desktops#product-cards
or simply
https://static.raptorcs.com/TLSDS3/i...boardlarge.png


https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/phot...0g_700bwp.webp

[tildearrow]

Except for lots of stuff not working? It's not exactly ready for linux workstation use yet.

Yeah, exactly. But hey, at least as a server (and a very power efficient server) it may do.

[Ironmask]

Yeah, exactly. But hey, at least as a server (and a very power efficient server) it may do.

It'll definitely be more useful in a year after Apple yet again intentionally slows down their OS so you're forced to buy the latest generation hardware and throw the old one in a landfill.

[davidhendricks]

It looks like an ATX desktop and that's fine I think. If it looked like a 90s computer people would think it's out of place so that brings more questions. You can turn off lights or use the best color, which is...
You can use another case or use a hand-made one technically.

They also went with liquid cooling, so it makes a lot of sense to take an off-the-shelf chassis with liquid cooling support which are basically all be targeted at gamers these days.

Those wanting something more serious-looking can always get the standalone module and plug it into a COM-HPC baseboard of their choice: https://www.adlinktech.com/Products/..._Altra?lang=en.

[Paradigm Shifter]

They also went with liquid cooling, so it makes a lot of sense to take an off-the-shelf chassis with liquid cooling support which are basically all be targeted at gamers these days.

Because it's not like there aren't water-cooling AIO-compatible cases which don't come with RGB bling. Like Fractal Design, Antec, several options from Corsair, etc...

Get your point, though.