PPCs are hardly dead. They just not common in PC anymore. This summer Freescale will introduce the first two processors based on their new 64bit e5500 core, the single core P5010 and dual core 5020 (both starting at 2.0Ghz). And they've already released a roadmap showing AltiVec enhanced versions of these labeled T5020 and T5040 (presumably dual and quad core) on a 28nm process that should allow them to be faster.
So in the near future we may see new 64bit PPC processors that operates at 50% higher than the PA6T with twice as many cores.
That doesn't sound 'dead' to me.
Oh goody, so the X2000(if it happens) will be even more expensive then X1000 :lol:
Meanwhile, mac users can buy NEW G3 and G4 CPU cards for as low as 30$ for their old Macs.
