Well, I realise that on the whole x86 might be faster than their PPC
relatives, but...
...but there's been a 1600MHz PPC machine listed on stats.distributed
net for a couple of years now - it *still* **massively** outperforms
any x86, even the highest end 2.2Ghz beasts. I'm quite sure it's not a
hoax, either.
I don't know what this machine is or its history, but its still
cracking keys. Imagine having that thing in an Amiga. It might be
expensive, sure, but it'll make even the most expensive PC look like
a pocket calculator.
The further Intel and AMD push their x86's, the more money and
resources they throw into it. x86 is a very old architecture
ill-suited for such speeds, while PPC was designed from the ground up
to be fast...bah, but you know all this. But what I'm saying is, don't
write off the PPC. It's an excellent range of CPUs and capable of many
surprises, and of competing with x86 even with a much lower clock
speed. Motorola could throw a 2GHz G6 at us next year, for all we
know.
And wouldn't that be nice? :-)
