OT: it only gets more strange

[bobdea]

apple is at it again http://www.apple.com/imac/
its cool but that thing must be hell to take apart it is nice that apple is pushing 64 bit that runs the old code native
though when a PPC 970 laptop comes out I will just have to have one
just to say I have a super spiffy laptop and say things like "is your laptop 64 bit" though in the real world I dont think I would really gain anything from it

[outsider]

FYI: Apple INC. can not legally export G4's and above from the states because the US government considers it a weapon. Now doesnt that boost the cool factor a few points.

[bobdea]

Originally posted by outsider
FYI: Apple INC. can not legally export G4's and above from the states because the US government considers it a weapon. Now doesnt that boost the cool factor a few points.

they can export they just had to get a licence same with intel and AMD with their processors its based on a old law that was made so the commies would not be buying supercomputers from IBM and a couple other companies

[mirror70]

IIRC, that law was actually stricken from the books shortly after the first 600mhz G4s shipped. The law was old, obsolete, uncompetitive, and easily circumvented.