PPC (was Re: Openoffice update)

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Paul!
I also would appreciate a future PowerPC laptop but I was focused on 
current market realities as Andres was interested exclusively on a 
PowerPC laptop and was not interested on desktop systems.  I provided to 
him a link referring him to Genesi which is also available through TSS.  
The Genesi system is close as to a PowerPC laptop I see for the 
foreseeable future, and unfortunately the current Powerbook G4's are 
faster than it is!

I sincerely and personally believe the future of the PowerPC is 
outrageously bright.  I'm not sure however how many people will take 
advantage of the new form it will take without Apple.  The published 
documentation and news highlights the work of IBM and Sony in their Cell 
product which essentially is a PowerPC chip.  Here's some information:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4242447.stm

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Paul Higgins wrote:
> 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:
>
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>> 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.....
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