Re: Pentium-PPC (was New Model: TP755CX)

[Wai_Shan_Lam@brown.edu (Wai-Shan Lam)]

At 17:58 5/10/95 -0400,
>} I kind of figured that my next machine would be an IBM thinkpad PPC running
>} OS2, when and if such a thing comes out.  Is this in the cards?  I heard
>} that PPC's consume less power than the Pentium.  Is this still true?  What
>} ever happened to IBMs vow to stay away from Pentiums?  It must have taken
>} them HOURS to eat their words :).


As faw as I know, IBM has two SEPARATE team of people working for the
Intel-based Thinkpads and the PPC based portables.  I doubt IBM will ever
leave the Intel based behind completely.  I believe the first PPC notebook
is due sometime this summer... late summer.  The machine itself is almost
ready, but OS/2 for Power is not.  Some says it's slow and not stable....
takes 5 mins to boot then crash.  As soon as the OS/2 team gets the version
for PPC out, the whole 'war' will become very interesting.  and PPC running
NT will also be very interesting. I heard that the price of the PPC notebook
will cost quite a bit, initially, it was in the 5 digit range, but i hope
IBM will realize no one will buy a 5 $digit notebook....definitely not
everyone can afford one.  But it got some neat features such as built in
CD-ROM and camera.  

Again, Applications is what it counts.  Everyone (lay people) is so used to
MS products that it will be difficult to use something on a non-MS system...
Double non-ms is gonna driver some people nuts.  

Just thought I will write something to relax myself.... have a Final tomorrow.  
better start to work...


~~~~~~~~   WAI-SHAN LAM	               ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~   waishan@ibm.net             ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~   Wai_Shan_Lam@Brown.edu      ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~   72124.2644@CompuServe.Com   ~~~~~~~~