AFAIK from what I've heard from guys working at Freescale, the PPC chip, it is *MUCH* more efficient than anything that Intel or AMD is currently offering. How they can justify that when I can almost fry an egg on the bottom of my PowerBook, I don't know.
Hal Eric Dunbar wrote: > On 26/03/07, Brian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mar 26, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: >> >> >>> Also, just for fun, has anyone tried the PS3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] client? >>> Dang >>> fast. If anyone wants to join, my team number is 59478. >>> >> CNN had a story on that, fast as heck but it also draws considerable power, >> on the order of 200 watts. Running that 24/7, especially someplace like >> California or NYC, would start to add up fast. >> >> I've also read that some retail stores that are running PS3s all day are >> starting to have thermal problems, but these are units in closed cabinets so >> that's not too surprising. >> > > Wasn't that one of the reasons Apple cited for going with Intel chips? > PPC chips simply were "too hot to handle" <groan> in terms of their > power consumption (and, indirectly, heat production). > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > >
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