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Title: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac G5s
Post by: Hammer on February 29, 2004, 10:09:58 PM
According to the Inquirer, Microsoft has released Xbox2's SDK on Apple's Power Mac G5s. It said to run on a custom Windows NT Kernel (PowerPC).

"The Inquirer" (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14407)
I wonder IF this custom Windows NT can run on MOL (minus the ATI R350 support).
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: iamaboringperson on February 29, 2004, 11:40:13 PM
VERY interesting! :-o

I wonder if that could run on a Peg?

I will certainly be following up on this. (Might even get one)
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: shIva on February 29, 2004, 11:47:29 PM
this WILL be the cheapest way to get a G5 (if ya want one) :-D
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: Ni72ous on March 01, 2004, 03:04:00 AM
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this WILL be the cheapest way to get a G5

How will it be cheaper?
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: whabang on March 01, 2004, 08:53:26 AM
Not very big news...
M$ has had a version of NT running on PPC since NT4. I assume that they've brought that one up-to-date with directX etc.
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: BigBenAussie on March 01, 2004, 07:52:03 PM
Another article on the Inquirer mentioned that MS wants to include a .NET chip that would run .NET bytecode natively. They aim to cut out Intel, by partnering with IBM in its construction. How the G5 series plays in this I don't know. It doesn't make that much sense.

I bring this up because somebody in another post recently argued that Tao or Amiga should release an Intent Engine chip that runs the bytecode natively.

Fleecy rejected the idea recently in one of his answers and most of the comments in the thread were unsupportive also. Somebody also said that Tao rejected idea as that would compromise the whole purpose of their run-anywhere system.

Incidentally, Sun tried the same thing I believe with their Java desktop machine quite a while back, which contained a java chip, which flopped.

The link to the article is here.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=2864

It may be a rumour, but it would prove an interesting ploy to move people to Microsoft hardware next.
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: stefcep on March 02, 2004, 01:18:07 PM
i thought Bill gates was a major share holfer of intel about 30%?  if this is so why would he marginalize intel?
Title: Re: MS's Xbox 2 SDK released on Apple's Power Mac
Post by: whabang on March 02, 2004, 02:05:39 PM
Because that would cause the stock prize to fall far enough for him to buy the remaining 70%! :-D