On Saturday 11 December 2004 08:24, Trevor Warren wrote: > Hello JTD, > > With IBM jettisioning it's PC division things don't > look too good for other manufacturers too but luckily
That should free their PCs from M$tax. And according to some pundits allow IBM to push non intel architectures (Power PC). The power pc cpus provide a range of watts/mips combinations which beat intel cpus hands down on both counts and can be used in small embedded stuff all the way upto large clusters - running GNU/Linux. So they have a complete software environment at zero cost. All they need is a system cost comparable to the i386 arch. Bet the chinese will deliver. So get ready to see a whole new range of innovative products. Thanks for the feedback on laptops. rgds jtd -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
