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Boston 7033TR

Verdict

Fast and superbly built, the 7033TR is the workstation of choice for serious computing. However, a question mark hangs over its price-performance ratio in the face of current consumer machines.

Review Date: 18 Jun 2003

Price when reviewed: (£2,795 inc VAT); Delivery £15 (£18 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

With consumer-level products now performing at such phenomenal speeds - witness the presence of a consumer graphics card in this very machine - it's becoming difficult to justify the price premium on systems like this. But, with the continued artificial non-existence of a dual Pentium 4 platform, the Xeon remains the only choice for those who need multiprocessing and remain shy of AMD's dual-CPU offerings. You'll know if you need a system like this, and if you do, the Boston can certainly deliver the goods.

Author: David Fearon

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