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Here I am, still continuing to dream of a laptop and desktop grade power10 processors in consumer grade products running AIX. I want a solid UNIX ecosystem wit

Here I am, still continuing to dream of a laptop and desktop grade power10 processors in consumer grade products running AIX. I want a solid UNIX ecosystem with power10 to compete with macOS + Arm. I’m tired of there being only one real option for a reliable unix laptop.

rbanffy 3y ago
I don't think a portable (or luggable) POWER10 machine is in the cards. OTOH, a single SMT8 core (or two SMT4, firmware-defined) consumes about 20W, so it could be possible to manufacture a few-core module that could fit inside a sensible laptop. My Dells with Linux are quite reliable though, even if not as fast or good looking as the Apples...
mordae 3y ago
You've lost me on AIX. Never again.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  One of the best UNIXes, combining ideas from mainframes, UNIX and Windows. There is a reason why it is the biggest survivor from Linux conquest on the server room. IBM managed to succeed where Sun, HP and SGI, among others, failed.
- icedchai 3y ago
  I used to work at an AIX shop. I gotta say, AIX is pretty solid. Back in the late 90's, it had features like volume management long before LVM was available in Linux. They also had a great virtualization story early on (LPAR.)
irusensei 3y ago
> running AIX Ah, I see you like pain.
- rbanffy 3y ago
  He could have asked for an Itanium laptop with HP-UX in that case.
  - irusensei 3y ago
    That's terrible but at the same time exoteric. I legit googled Itanium laptops and got nothing.
    - rbanffy 3y ago
      Would need a fat gamer laptop chassis with a lot of cooling. Doable, but not practical.