[Arm-netbook] ppcnotebook

[Christopher Havel]

...okay, I understood probably about 3/4 of what I read, but I am rather
impressed. Sounds like they've come a ways since Apple dumped them a decade
or so ago. I still think that very few members of the general public will
be interested, but that's mostly because most people cling hard to what
they're familiar with, and (sadly) a massive portion of that is Windows...

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <
lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:

> ---
> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 5:32 AM, Christopher Havel
> <laserhawk64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Forgive my own stupidity on the subject, but what's the difference
> between
> > PowerPC as implemented in the PowerMacs of yore,
>
>  probably power8.
>
> > and this "Power9" thing
> > you mention? I assume there *are* differences? I haven't really paid that
> > stuff attention (mostly because I didn't think it was worth it!) in well
> > over a decade.
>
>  google them.  wikipedia.  look up Talos II
>
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