Third party PowerPC 970 mobo for sale

[Longman, Bill]

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> --- Clinton MacDonald <clint.macdonald@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Friends:
> > 
> > 
> > Wasn't it Norberto who bemoaned the high cost of Apple's hardware,
> > and 
> > wanted to try out a PowerPC alternative from another vendor? Well,
> > _The 
> > Register_ may have just the solution for him:
> > 
> > "Third party PowerPC 970 mobo for sale"
> > 
> > <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14932>
> > 
> > The price -- US$4,500-6,000 for just the motherboard.
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Clint
> 
> My dear Clinton,
> Anyone who has spent considerable amount of time with me knows I
> bemoan the price of everything. :)  My fiancee hates this fact about
> me.  The flip side to that is that it forces me to look for quality. 
> I'm willing to shell out some bucks if there is a better chance then
> not the product I buy will last.  For example, I once payed what I
> felt was an arm and a leg for a Chevy Pick up truck, after 12 years
> it's still humming.  Original engine and tranny.  It has 550K miles
> on it, all put on the truck by me.  And when it gets cold here in
> Chicago, it's the only vehicle on my block that starts.  Would I pay
> US4500-6000$ for a computer, probably not, unless you could convince
> me that it's gonna last more than 2 years.  I chose 2 years because
> that seems to be the avg. life expectancy of a peecee.  Convince me
> that it'll last at least ten and it's extremely upgradeable.  I would
> seriously consider paying for it.  Until then, I'll stick to my old
> world macs and my crappy iBook that I bought from my employer for 20
> bucks a piece.  My 6500 doesn't even have a L2Cache uprgade card,
> yet.  
> 
> Norberto "bah humbug ;)" Quintanar
> --http://www.geocities.com/nquintanar