[Arm-netbook] ppcnotebook

[Stefan Monnier]

> Forgive my own stupidity on the subject, but what's the difference between
> PowerPC as implemented in the PowerMacs of yore, and this "Power9" thing
> you mention?

IBM has always had a line of beefy POWER processors (some of which
implement the PowerPC instruction set, others not (tho it's always very
close)), for use in their workstations and mainframes.  Those are/were
of no use to Apple who needed low-power CPUs for its laptops.


        Stefan