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> but PowerPCs were not used in Thinkpads except for very limited production runs in the mid-1990s. The problem was that IBM didn't have an OS for the platform
by alephnerd 2y ago
> but PowerPCs were not used in Thinkpads except for very limited production runs in the mid-1990s. The problem was that IBM didn't have an OS for the platform
Doh. You're right!
> However IBM did design and build x86 chips in the 1990s, and these were used in Think-pads.
Yep! Those were fabbed by IBM Microelectronics, along with a lot of server SKUed x86 chips back in the 2000s.