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- > future. So far, a big argument in favor of the PPC that I've heard is
- > that the P5 and P6 are loaded down with a ton of x86 compatibility
- > stuff. However, the P6 is still a pretty strong performer. What
- > happens when Intel releases a chip that *isn't* bagged down by the x86
- > compatibility (whether it's P7 or in the future). If it suddenly
- > races past the PPC (or if Alphas and the support hardware to drive
- > them suddenly drop in price), it would be very worthwhile if Apple
- > could provide their OS on those chips, running existing software from
-
- Two comments here. One is that, even though the PPro/P6 and P7 will do
- better when unhampered by 16-bit apps and significant legacy
- compatibility, they will still be much more expensive chips. You can get
- two 604s and the power of parallel processing for the price of one P6.
-
- The other comment, and one that is only a wishfully thinking rumor that I
- can only dream is true but know to just be so much stardust: Apple is
- developing Copland for the x86 architechture. Well, it would certainly
- explain why things have been so delayed!
-
- Gabriel Sterritt
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