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The last truly mainstream PowerPC desktop was Apple's 2005 Quad-G5 PowerMac. There were other PowerPC machines after this, the PS3 being the most notable. But t

The last truly mainstream PowerPC desktop was Apple's 2005 Quad-G5 PowerMac. There were other PowerPC machines after this, the PS3 being the most notable. But they were either not desktops or not mainstream. I'm a hardware nostalgic and have both gathering dust in my basement. So I can't wait for a PowerPC revival of any kind.

floatboth 7y ago
Raptor Talos/Blackbird is a niche, expensive revival, but a revival nonetheless :)
- close04 7y ago
  I may have been overly generous with the "of any kind" :). That's a bit on the expensive side and the ecosystem and platform flexibility in terms of upgrade are still pretty slim/locked in. Something that's open and cheap enough to spark general interest would be much more interesting.
  - yellowapple 7y ago
    The Blackbirds don't look too expensive, and Talos' hardware in general is about as open as it gets (putting even the x86 market to shame, let alone the PowerPC Apple desktops).
classichasclass 7y ago
It's already here. Get yourself a Blackbird (or a Talos, if you're really going to jump in).
- yellowapple 7y ago
  Out of curiosity: is there any limit on the CPU I can stick in one of the Blackbird boards (i.e. can I stick with the lower-end CPU for initial purchase and upgrade to the 22-core monstrosity later)? If so, then that might push me over the edge into investing my next paycheck ;)
yellowapple 7y ago
Yeah, I've got my share of PowerPC Macs, too (one Powerbook G4, one PowerMac G5, one XServe G5, one eMac G4, all running various versions of OpenBSD). They're really fun machines, and it's a shame Apple decided instead to be yet another x86 vendor. I also can't wait for a PowerPC revival. Saving up for one of them Talos workstations as my next major hardware purchase (but it's really hard to pull the trigger when the motherboard or CPU alone costs as much as I paid for the entire Threadripper rig I built last year...).

floatboth 7y ago

Raptor Talos/Blackbird is a niche, expensive revival, but a revival nonetheless :)

close04 7y ago
I may have been overly generous with the "of any kind" :). That's a bit on the expensive side and the ecosystem and platform flexibility in terms of upgrade are still pretty slim/locked in. Something that's open and cheap enough to spark general interest would be much more interesting.
- yellowapple 7y ago
  The Blackbirds don't look too expensive, and Talos' hardware in general is about as open as it gets (putting even the x86 market to shame, let alone the PowerPC Apple desktops).

classichasclass 7y ago

It's already here. Get yourself a Blackbird (or a Talos, if you're really going to jump in).

yellowapple 7y ago
Out of curiosity: is there any limit on the CPU I can stick in one of the Blackbird boards (i.e. can I stick with the lower-end CPU for initial purchase and upgrade to the 22-core monstrosity later)? If so, then that might push me over the edge into investing my next paycheck ;)

yellowapple 7y ago

Yeah, I've got my share of PowerPC Macs, too (one Powerbook G4, one PowerMac G5, one XServe G5, one eMac G4, all running various versions of OpenBSD). They're really fun machines, and it's a shame Apple decided instead to be yet another x86 vendor. I also can't wait for a PowerPC revival. Saving up for one of them Talos workstations as my next major hardware purchase (but it's really hard to pull the trigger when the motherboard or CPU alone costs as much as I paid for the entire Threadripper rig I built last year...).