[sirsinsalot]

It wasn't that long ago all Apple hardware was PowerPC.

I'm not disagreeing with your point, but Apple's foray into broadly standard hardware is the exception for them. Sadly.

[gattilorenz]

> It wasn't that long ago

...almost 20 years?

[sirsinsalot]

I'm still young damn it!

[KerrAvon]

PowerPC was an attempt to standardize (at a least a subset of) the industry on a common RISC processor. There were even two attempts at industry standards for PowerPC motherboards (PreP and CHRP, the latter with Apple's active participation).