Wintel...the end is near?
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Microsoft's next-generation Xbox will ditch its Intel chip in favor of the same kind of chip used in Apple's Macs -- an IBM PowerPC processor -- IBM and Microsoft announced on Monday.
Hmmm....has Linux scared M$ so badly that they are actually going to put a G5 in the XBox? It's a point to ponder when you consider:
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"It's a very big win for IBM. It's a clear change of direction for Microsoft, and it's a very unfortunate surprise for Intel," he said.
"There's quite a bit of irony here," he added, referring to the fact that it has always been assumed that Apple would move to Intel, rather than Microsoft moving to the PowerPC, a chip technology co-developed by Apple, IBM and Motorola.
Doherty said the PowerPC is very secure and boasts great graphics. "Intel doesn't have the security IBM does," he said.
WOW...M$ is actually concerned about security?? Evidently I wandered into a black hole last night and have become trapped in some sort of weird parallel universe or alternate dimension.
Now don't freak if you already have a first generation XBox...
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Microsoft will use the Virtual PC technology it acquired from Connectix last year to provide backward-compatibility with the current generation of Xbox games.
Cool...but will the added drain on system resources affect game play?
I can't help but wonder if the next big XBox hacking challenge will be to get OS X to load on the new XBoxes...
Original article HERE.
