On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 09:59:43AM -0400, Jeff Quast wrote: > On 10/26/07, Matthew Szudzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Where are the choices for non-x86? > > > > > > The only remaining alternative is Sparc. Everything else is either old > > > (macppc) or expensive & unsupported (IA64). > > > > If anyone is looking for a non-x86 laptop, there aren't many choices. Is > > there any information about OpenBSD on the following Sparc laptop? > > > > http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/products/notebooks/viper.asp > > > > > > ppc ibooks are pretty cheap, but not very upgradeable. You can get > most for about $200 USD. > > ppc powerbooks are nice (cardbus slots, gigabit, better video cards), > but more costly. You can also upgrade the cpu in old powerbooks and > put big sticks of ram in them (also costly) >
Perhaps some day there will be a port for the IBM Power arch. Not that I can do diddly about it. Doug.
