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That seems a little backwards to me
Don't you usually write software for the hardware and not invent new hardware for the software?

Granted IBM may have the hardware though but is Microsoft just going to release IBM only OSes in the future if Intel an AMD fail to deliver the goods on time?
Posted by: voska   Posted on: 06/01/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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