PowerPC Open Platform Motherboards Finally Here 248
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from the hope-laptops-come-next dept.
from the hope-laptops-come-next dept.
Cajal writes: "IBM's POP (PowerPC Open Platform) is a standard for making PowerPC-based motherboards. It's been out for years, but no one did anything with it. That's now changed. According to a story on PenguinPPC, Mai Logic is finally making POP motherboards. Finally, we can buy PowerPC motherboards without dealing with Apple."
Doomed because of the stupid name (Score:1, Funny)
I just bought myself a new POP!
My POP crashed again!
etc. Would you buy a POP instead of a PC?8-)
Nice board typo... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Doomed because of the stupid name (Score:2, Funny)
Personal Computer.
Hmm, so wouldn't a motherboard for a personal computer also be a PC?
By jove, I think I'm right
POP is more akin to x86 than PC (or Mac for that matter)
I need a life.
Teron PX Board supports PPC, MIPS, and X86 (Score:5, Funny)
Brings a whole new meaning to "Dual Boot".
You could develop in X86 Linux, shutdown swap processors, reboot in PPC Linux recompile and test.
WOW! (Score:2, Funny)
- Freed
Really Ugly Solder Job. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why in God's name would anyone want a Mac? (Score:3, Funny)
Am I the only one who finds this troll ironic? After all Darwin's native development environment is Apple supplied PPC systems.
Re:What ever happened to CHRP? (Score:2, Funny)
I think Eric Estrada started asking for too much money and the ratings were slipping, so they cancelled it.
... no
Re:Are you sure about illegality? (Score:3, Funny)
So *that's* why they include a couple of Apple stickers with every new computer..... Stick them on the side of your clone and you can run OS X all you like...
Disclaimer: Yes, this is a joke... but an interesting concept none-the-less.