PowerPC was a clean, new design with lots of potential. Like Motorola’s 68000 a decade earlier, PowerPC was a forward looking (64-bit) design scaled down to fit the present market (32-bits). By comparison, Intel’s Pentium was a 32-bit design built on top of 8/16-bit predecessors, and carried a lot of legacy baggage. It required larger dies to manufacture, and it generated more heat.
Quelle: Why Apple hasn’t used Intel processors before: Part II
Da ich aber erst auf Seite 2 von 3 stecke, hoffe ich, dass die Entwarnung etwas später kommt. Sonst wird der Juni 2006 kein schöner Monat …
