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That is my opinion. Not that I reject any migration to another platform, but I'm not decision-making, no more than any other user. Do not forget ...
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I think x64 is the way forward. PPC is nice, and while not as dead as some proclaim practically rather a dead end (no wide spread general computing hardware. And without SMP support by the OS the new QorIQ chips aren't interesting anyway and for proper SMP support you need to break compability anyway, so why not switching ISA to something more powerful and more easily available). I prefer X64 over ARM, because ARM is rather for closed designs and/or low end. It may come to teh desktop, but it may also fail there. Powerful x64 systms will stay for at lest 20 years in that domain with a significant market share (I guess even longer).
Support for generic x64 boards will probably a bit too much, hence support for only a few selected configurations (albeit I don't like Apple too much, Apple hardware would be the most logical choice¹) would be the way out of that too-much-hardware-to-support dilemma.
My stance on this: http://via.i-networx.de/q86.htm
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¹ I would aplaude to at least one alternative to Apple hardware, as Apple is a very emotional driven brand. Many ppl feel a strong dislike for that brand.I think Lenovo laptops would be nice, others seem to have a different view on Lenovo (Hooligan), but if not Lenovo then maybe Sony or even HP or some other brand that offers good business laptops.
For desktops I personally don't care anymore.
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