Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:52:58 -0600 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> To: Duo <duo@digitalarcadia.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: apple moving to x86 Message-ID: <42A65D8A.8060200@sasktel.net> In-Reply-To: <42A62D8D.2020100@digitalarcadia.net> References: <b41c755205060614186bb2a201@mail.gmail.com> <42A4FD3F.70407@pacific.net.sg> <c389a04d050607070752998e86@mail.gmail.com> <44y89mb1e0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050607175303.GA96525@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <42A62D8D.2020100@digitalarcadia.net>
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> On this, I do agree. I think Mac hardware lives up to a better standard > of quality than most x86 machines, BUT, I would also surmise, as > Microsoft consistantly has sold products to people who knew they were > flawed, that this is a 50/50 proposition. At best. Have you used the new stock Apple keyboards? Their new mice (with the *one* button on the BOTTOM of all places)? Both of them annoy me to no end when I'm forced to use them. If they are an example of a "better standard" I'm glad I still have my trust ultra-clicky ancient IBM PS/2 keyboard thank-you very much. (And three buttons on top of my mouse) > One thing, that I am insanely curious about, is, will this make endian > issues in sourcecode not ported to PPC go away for the most part? > Specifically in regard to networking (client/server)? SPARC64 is Tier I, PPC isn't. *shrug*
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