Macs

[Odd]

Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/9/12 Odd <iodine at runbox.no>:
>> Harold Sawyer wrote:
>>> Apple has recently (time flies as we get older) changed to the
>>> Intel Chips.  Before that, didn't they use Motorola?
>> Yes, Motorola and IBM. PowerPC RISC chips. While the architecture 
>> was more elegant than x86, they had no chance against the Intel
>> juggernaut. Apple did the only sensible thing, and switched.
>> 
>> Curiously, PowerPC is in all the 3 major consoles: Xbox 360,
>> Playstation 3 and the Wii.
> 
> Not really curiously; power management (which Intel is strong on) 
> isn't such a big deal in a games console. In a laptop etc it's 
> everything.

Not really true:

'The larger feat, however, was to provide that level of processing power
on as little an energy budget as possible. "Game machines can't really
afford a huge fan and a heatsink," Shippy says -- so the plan was to
create a high-performance chip with a smaller footprint.'

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3904/processing_the_truth_an_interview_.php

The reason for avoiding x86 was the exact opposite of what
you claim. They were too hot.

-- 
Odd