[TheForge] ot: for those suffering from apple envy. ;-)

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

comments below.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 TristerK at aol.com wrote:

trister> 
trister> If you run linux on it then it's just a box,
trister> cheaper to build a mini-itx yourself.
trister>

an apple mini is a big-endian box.
a x86 mini-itx is a little-endian box.

therefore, you are comparing apples ( pun intended ) and oranges.

yes the powerpc is really bi-endian
defaults to big-endian on power up
but can be switched to little-endian.


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terry l. ridder ><>