From: Randal Whittle (whittle_at_chaph.usc.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 06 1995 - 15:07:05 EST
>
> At 08:49 PM 2/5/95 -0800, Randal Whittle wrote:
> > Even then, I wouldn't buy a Powerbook until they get a PowerPC
> >chip into those things. Anything less is buying an obsolete machine
> >right off the bat. The 68K chips are dead--or will be *very* soon--
> >as far as Macs are concerned. I can see Apple no longer even *making*
> >a machine with a Motorola 68K chip inside of 2 years--maybe less.
>
> Aren't they supposed to be upgradable? I know, it's only a claim, but isn't
> that the claim? (kinda like all those 486's that are pentium upgradeable :)
Sort of. Some machines are more upgradable than others, but as
always, its usually a kludge.
One model of Powerbook is PPC upgradable, but the upgrade
is not available yet. Some of the Quadras have the ability to be
"upgraded" to a PPC chip via a board in a NuBus slot.
But as always, these have their drawbacks--and then there are
most of the Mac machines which simply can't be upgraded at all.
The problem here is that the PPC is *entirely* different
architecture. Its not quite as simple as getting one of those Cyrix
"486" upgrade chips to stick on top of an old 386 chip.
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