[geeks] this is where the mac should be

Sandwich Maker adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Thu Oct 12 11:27:08 CDT 2006


" From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
" 
" On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:38:08AM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
" > I think the main reason these chips wouldn't be good for Macs is their 
" > cost.  They're just too expensive.  Apple could have moved to a 
" > POWER5-derivative if they had wanted, but the cost was just too high.
" 
" Also, expect the Power6 to be huge and hot and power-hungry.

the article says the power6 has the same power consumption as the
power5.
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