um, dude, we had ppc back in about 95/96 with the 601 ppc chip at
abut 66/100/120 mhz
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On Apr 13, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Access Curmudgeon wrote:
Chris, there was not much background on this, so at the risk of
stirring things up again, I though I might try explain some of the
emotional reaction.
So far, in this thread, I've seen:
1. Blind allegiance to the PowerPC microprocessor.
2. Trashing the competition.
Back in 1999 when Apple switch from the 680x0 line to PowerPC, we were
all convinced that this was the right choice, even though switching to
Intel was discussed and considered back then. The reason that gear
heads like me like the PowerPC were mostly one of elegant design, the
beautiful RISC architecture versus the crufty, apparently dead-end,
CISC of the 80x86. In truth, PowerPC never lived up to its potential
and Intel made the Pentium line more and more CISC like as it evolved.
The Intel switch caught me by surprise, but I hadn't been paying
attention to chip design for a few years. Here is a good explanation,
although the article wisely avoids most of the esoteric philosophy
that only an engineer could appreciate:
http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/06/1654252
Being a Mac user is an unpopular choice. Most of us have given the
decision due rational consideration. The minor insults and
discrimination become burdensome, but most of us are quiet about that
too. It is a little much to be expected to politely endure ignorant
abuse on Macintosh oriented list, however. My favorite list of minor
hardships is at:
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macmarginalization/
I have heard some blind users comment, with regard to VoiceOver, that
they are already part of a neglected minority who encounter obstacles
on the web every day. Why make the problems worse? Of course, what
you get is more than what you give up, but there is something of a
leap of faith required. Keeping with the religious analogy, Mac users
are often accused of being evangelists. The phenomenon is
understandable because we have found something valuable that costs us
nothing, so why not share the secret? The enthusiasm for a computer
is foreign to Windows users, so naturally they are distrustful of the
motivation.
http://home.adelphia.net/~bmss/vo/reasons.html
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