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68k to PPC was exactly "going from a popular architecture with broad software support to a less-popular architecture". ARM today is waaaaaaaaaaaay more popular
by im_down_w_otp 6y ago
68k to PPC was exactly "going from a popular architecture with broad software support to a less-popular architecture". ARM today is waaaaaaaaaaaay more popular than PowerPC ever was, and nearly infinitely more popular than when Apple switched from 68k, and 68k was very popular back then.
- Mindwipe 6y ago> 68k to PPC was exactly "going from a popular architecture with broad software support to a less-popular architecture". And Apple nearly went bankrupt. (Not saying Apple is in any danger of going bankrupt, but it's not a successful transition story.)
- zozbot234 6y agoCommodore (known for the Amiga line) did go bankrupt due to the death of 68k. And Atari exited the home computer biz. It was a huge issue back in the day.
- timw4mail 6y ago68k was also a dead end. It was very popular, in computers, video game consoles, etc. But it also never got up to ~100MHz. Going to PowerPC was the only real option at the time.
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago...y'know, is there a reason they chose PowerPC over, well, x86?