Thoughts on the A1Lite and mainstream markets

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If someone can get a 1Ghz PPC Mini-ITX out of the door for about £100, then they have a good chance...

My £70 800Mhz C3 based Mini-ITX really does rock!!! I was really expencting the worst, but in terms of performance it (PhotoShop testing) keeps up with my cousin's 600Mhz G3 Mac no problems.

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Tomas wrote:
remember that those via x86 cpus are dead slow even comparing to a g3.. a g4 clocked at same speed will be way faster

Seriously, they are not as bad as you think! :-)

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China is going PPC

If that's true why have they just spent the last few months wooing AMD and the Athlon64?

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The Chinese have made it pretty clear that they do not want, nor can they afford, to go into MSes pocket. Using any form of X86, in short anything compatible to MS would in effect give their technological policies over to Billy Gates - and they ain't going to do it.
 

You really think they care that much? The computer world is driven by one concept; Cheap and powerfull... that is all.

Why the hell did you buy an Amiga in the first place? I'm sure it wasn't the promise of being a computer outcast in ten years? No it was because it was the most powerful thing you could get for the price (that's why I bought one anyway).

If China did "go their own way", then MIPS would be by far the best option. I believe their Dragon is a MIPS based design.