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Re: Future Think Pads
At 08:48 PM 4/15/97 -0700, derelict wrote:
>>>I guess that means we can kiss off any notion of alternate CPU's
>>>like PPC, Cyrex, AMD.
>>
>> You didn't seriously think IBM was going to use anything but, did
you?
>>
>> They're a premium brand--they'll use premium brand parts. The only
>>exception to Intel chips in the ThinkPad line was IBM's own
>>licensed-from-Intel chip
>
>Didn't the 8xx thinkpads have PPC processors and run Unix?
Yes, but that's an entirely different (non-consumer) market segment.
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