PPC's are notorious for getting their asses kicked by x86. It's not the technology that's important, it's the needs (and wants) of the customer. I sure as hell don't want a slow PPC when I can have a fast x86, no matter how huge a heatsink it needs. I'm sure most people agree with me, which is why we all use Wintel machines, not Amigas.
It seems your history has been distorted. Until Motorola hit the 500 MHz ceiling with the G4 a few years back, PPC was kicking x86 all over the pavement since it's unveiling. The Pentium 4 was even an embarrassment to Intel in the beginning because the PIII outperformed it initially. The bottomline is that neither platform runs away with total performance supremacy over the other. Furthermore, if x86 was so great, why is Intel replacing it with a new design (hence Itanium)? Most people use Wintel machines because they don't know any better. Most computer (joe user) users are ill-educated and assume that Windows is the only option out there and have this inferiority complex that you have to use Microsoft based products in order to communicate in this crazy computing kludge. Not everyone is in agreement with your assessment.
Why does people get so wrapped in the PPC vs x86 issue? All I care about is choice and we have choice in regards to the above said luckily!
