PPC (was Re: Openoffice update)

[Paul Higgins]

I thought I heard something a while back about Mercury/Momentum coming out 
with PPC laptops, but that obviously hasn't materialized yet.  In terms of 
desktop systems, there's the machine that TerraSoft is selling, which is 
based on the Pegasos II motherboard (which you can buy separately to build 
your own system).  Except for servers, where the PPC is still used quite a 
bit, that's all there is, as far as I'm aware.

Anyone want to place a bet on the future of the PPC?

-PRH  

On Monday 04 September 2006 15:24, Derick Centeno wrote:

> Considering that Apple has abandoned the PPC market it appears that the
> last laptop with a PPC in it will be the Powerbook G4.  It runs YDL 4.1
> rather nicely, however I received this G4 as a gift.  Depending on where
> you are the Powerbook G4 may not even be available anymore.
>
> I have no way of knowing if any company will produce a PowerPC laptop in
> the future.  A realistic view of the current market is that there may
> not be a PowerPC laptop ever again, which means that your next laptop
> will be the vanilla variety from Intel and it's knockoffs.  And that
> means, if you stick with Linux, it will be a Linux running on an Intel,
> which is not this list.
>
> Sadly, that's a probability coming closer to becoming the reality every
> day.
>
> Best wishes.....