On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:54 AM, James E. Therrault wrote:
> It's a shame that IBM was not up to the task of delivering low power > Power PC chips for laptops. But this is nothing new, IBM failed to > adapt > their (PS 2) OS to the Power PC maintaining compatibility with earlier > versions of the OS on Intel processors. IBM was very late with the G5 primarily because it didn't want to include Altivec in its then next generation PPC. Yet, when that next generation came out, it did indeed have Altivec. IBM is quite happy making highly integrated PPC "solutions" for the very, very, very large volume clients out there, In a very real sense, Apple was just one fly on IBM's many sh!ts. Still, IBM is cranking out PPC chips by the gazillions, for its own use, and for others, and it really doesn't miss Apple's business. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
