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  • Because it's intended for use on systems running massive databases and other operations that require work to be done on massive data sets? R&D costs alone would drive the price up out of desktop range even with the cache whacked, not to menti…
    in Why does the IBM Power4... Comment by jasonf July 2002
  • Isn't the 14" iBook universally hated? I love the old Pismo design, but I don't see Apple bringing it back. It really wouldn't go well with their current snow theme.
    in Which would you rather have: the White 14" iBook or "son of Pismo"? Comment by jasonf July 2002
  • Things like video cards can be made to work with either platform by flashing the card. As for the actual controllers, no they won't work.
    in Silicon Compatability Comment by jasonf July 2002
  • [quote]If you look one step beyond, to Photoshop performance for example, you'll find that the iBook 700 is very competitive indeed.What fantasy land are you living in where the 700mhz G3 with SDRAM doesn't get beaten by a 2.53Ghz P4 with RDRAM or D…
    in G3s are slow, get rid of them Comment by jasonf July 2002
  • What about paying Transmeta to develop a processor that runs the PPC platform? There could be issues with this though. Big Endian vs. Little Endian comes to mind. I'm not really sure exactly how much of Transmeta's current processors are implemen…
    in *CONFIRMED* Mac OS X on x86 after this year! Comment by jasonf July 2002