Imagine a PowerPC processor for computer.

VIAN

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Wouldn't that be cool. To bad IBM is dumb. It would be interesting I think.
 

jiffylube1024

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Ooh boy it would be so much better, wouldnt it???

Seriously, get a Mac or something to keep yourself occupied. 3 Ghz on a CISC Pentium 4 with an 800 MHz FSB, etc is more than enough to level the playing field (and then some) with ~1.5 Ghz RISC PPC chips on slower platforms.
 

aka1nas

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Is it actually possible to buy decently high end powerPC chips directly from IBM or motorola as an end user? A dual PPC970 rig running linux would be pretty sweet!
 

p1800volvo

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Go to Ebay and buy some used Sun equipment if you want to fool around w/ 64 bit. It will run Solaris or Linux.
 

VIAN

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I hate Mac's, but I'm just curious as to how microsoft is going to handle the different coding style.