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Future of Power(PC)?
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Well, whenever I jump ship from PPC (which will probably be somewhere in the 2020's), I'll have whatever he's having. The machine that kicks Intel @$$. I hope Apple eventually ditches Intel and moves to their Ax chip line, as soon as it gets powerful enough. - ...Who am I kidding? When Apple ditches Intel, they'll be ditching the Mac in favor of the iPad. The signs are already there.
In light of this topic I also wanted to spread this project :
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/ca...tebook-powerpc-motherboard-donation-campaign/
They are building an open-source laptop based on PowerPC for which donations are now open for researching the possibility of creating such a motherboard.
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/ca...tebook-powerpc-motherboard-donation-campaign/
They are building an open-source laptop based on PowerPC for which donations are now open for researching the possibility of creating such a motherboard.
You could. Just not for anything that has to do with the internet.
*fast forward to 2040*
IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!!
MAC OS 9 LIVES!!!
(no pun intended)
If you can call just existing living…sure.You could. Just not for anything that has to do with the internet.
*fast forward to 2040*
IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!!
MAC OS 9 LIVES!!!
(no pun intended)
If you can call just existing living…sure.
Yeah, but what you don't realize is that humans and computers have different terms and standards.
So if an OS is being used at all, then yeah, that is living.
You could. Just not for anything that has to do with the internet.
*fast forward to 2040*
IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!!
MAC OS 9 LIVES!!!
(no pun intended)
None taken. Well, at least from me, an OS 9 user (don't run their awesome site)
I've actually went BACK to OS 9 from 10.5. If it weren't for about two things (including that pesky OpenXML converter for Office), I'd stay there forever.
A computer is inanimate thus its mechanical function and value is defined purely through the eyes and experience of the human beings using them - to anthropomorphize them is necessary in order to define their value and place within the human context.
I'm pretty sure Erik gets this concept completely. I would define living not simply as being used (an extremely narrow definition) but being used successfully to participate and function within the greater cyber arm of society. In this light I agree with Erik. To use OS9 today might be quirky and fun with a handful of users capable of doing it but the reality is that it doesnt really serve the modern internet in any capable way - heck PPC OSX is practically there itself. So in that light, yeah I guess your existing ... kinda sorta, but certainly not living if living is the ability for humanity to participate & exist withinin the modern 2017 internet in a meaningful/current way.
Yay that was fun.
I'm pretty sure Erik gets this concept completely. I would define living not simply as being used (an extremely narrow definition) but being used successfully to participate and function within the greater cyber arm of society. In this light I agree with Erik. To use OS9 today might be quirky and fun with a handful of users capable of doing it but the reality is that it doesnt really serve the modern internet in any capable way - heck PPC OSX is practically there itself. So in that light, yeah I guess your existing ... kinda sorta, but certainly not living if living is the ability for humanity to participate & exist withinin the modern 2017 internet in a meaningful/current way.
Yay that was fun.
This is actually quite interesting. I was browsing their site, but there is no mention of their price range yet. Any idea how much these POWER systems usually go for? I assume these processors aren't cheap.
I'm sure the prices will be insane by consumer desktop standards - I'd imagine £4000 plus?
That's what I was thinking as well. It's too bad though – that currently translates to ~$5200+ USD.
If this is successful, maybe it leaves open the possibility of more custom machines with lower-end POWER processors. One can hope.
I think the future of RISC processor computing is beyond the PPC, likely ARM-based desktop systems.