Microsoft G5

[hyperbrain]

Any1 else read the artical about Microsoft packing a G5 Apple, with Windows to a number of programmers to help with the Xbox 2

the artical even says that it's still got the apple logo showing as you boot it up.

[varmit]

The Xbox 2 will have G5 processors, 3 I think, and they are running a stripped down version of the windows kernel on the power macs now so they can produce some games and not wait for the actual consol to come out.

[Savage Henry]

http://www.appleturns.com/scene/?id=4540

Them people with the finger on the pulse! :)

[iJon]

well the other day microsoft demostrated soem of the first xbox 2 stuff on some souped up windows pc's. i watched the videos and they looked really impressive.

iJon

[titaniumducky]

The Xbox 2 will have G5 processors, 3 I think, and they are running a stripped down version of the windows kernel on the power macs now so they can produce some games and not wait for the actual consol to come out.

Ummm...no....

The Xbox 2 will have a variant of the PPC970, and only one. Also, it will not run anything similar to Windows - the whole point of moving away from Intel's processor is to insure that people can't use their Xbox as a computer so easily.

[carbonmotion]

Ummm...no....

The Xbox 2 will have a variant of the PPC970, and only one. Also, it will not run anything similar to Windows - the whole point of moving away from Intel's processor is to insure that people can't use their Xbox as a computer so easily.

i don't know whether to puke or cry in joy.

[ingenious]

Still not weird enough for you? Then consider this: the G5s in question are reportedly not running Mac OS X, but rather "a modified version of the Windows operating system core." Now, first of all, eeeyeeeewwwww! Secondly, are we interpreting this correctly? Microsoft has allegedly ported Windows-- albeit a massively stripped down version-- to Mac hardware? Because if so, it doesn't sound all that tough for Microsoft to keep right on building and eventually ship a boxed copy of full-on Windows for Macintosh. Granted, said version of Windows itself would run at native G5 speeds, but it wouldn't run existing Windows applications at all, since they're all x86 binaries. Gee, too bad Microsoft doesn't have some sort of x86 emulator-- say, one it might have bought last year-- it could build in to run x86 Windows apps in Windows for Macintosh.

Windows running natively on a PM G5? Isn't that against some apple trade policy? Also, reading other parts, it mentioned that M$ was shipping Apple PM G5s.... isnt that against some apple policy?