[markus_zhang]

Thanks for sharing. I never used one before so don't know how good/bad it was. My iBook runs OS X so it is pretty good.

It's a bit embarrassing as the 68k emulation was part of the reason that I got fascinated. But I just want to learn binary translation, not really use them, anyway.

I think Apple in the early 90s threw things on the wall and hope something stuck. Bad for consumers, nightmare for admins but good for engineers who managed to make the throw.

[cmrdporcupine]

Early 90s Apple was a bit like Google today, maybe. Big and ineffective at actually delivering, but with a history of innovation and illustrious past and a lot of smart people working there.

The problem with PowerPC was Motorola folded and IBM didn't have any real long term interest in the consumer PC CPU market.

So they just fell further and further behind.

[markus_zhang]

Interesting. I wonder if their interview standard fell during that period (because many engineers may leave or refuse to join a dying company). Same for Google in the near future.