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by softwarejosh 2138 days ago
Yeah, check out powerpc laptop project. Some folks are trying to build a laptop with powerpc.
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It's a doomed project. There are no mobile PowerPC parts on the market anymore; they're trying to make do with a QorIQ networking part, which has an inappropriate power budget for a laptop. (The specifications are a little hazy on the matter, but by my reading of the datasheet, it idles around 7W and draws closer to 20W at full power.)