> I've always looked at the PA6T as a more powerful > processor intended for Apple laptops
Yes, that's how it started internally at P.A.Semi in 2003, before Apple announced the switch to Intel in June 2005, and even longer before it was introduced to the public in October 2005 as a chip for embedded use (due to lack of Apple target market).
> I haven't heard any reports that Apple was looking > for a buyer for the PA6T
With that I was still referring to July 2008's reports, which I'm sure you remember as we discussed them several times already: