Author: John Dillard
Date: 11:53:12 11/10/05
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Supposedly Microsoft was going to prevent an operating system from being ported to the X Box, but something I recently read on one of the rumor sites indicated this was something which could easliy be defeated and they expected enterprising developers to create an entire cottage industry for the 360. Keep in mind, the current X Box is based on a Pentium III computer system complete with pc graphics card. That's why the darn thing is so big. It has a hard drive and could be converted into a pc, except interest in Pentium III's is rather minimal. For dedicated use for gaming, it's fine, but for computing it wouldn't cut it. On November 10, 2005 at 11:05:47, Joshua Shriver wrote: >It mentioned that the chip was PPC based, but didnt know it's a G5 :) woohoo.. >how long till there's a Darwin port ;) > >All in all this is something I'm going to look into. I'm going back to college >so money is tight. > >$1k-2k+ for a dual cpu or dual core (let alone dual core dual cpu G5 like the >new Mac). > > or > >$350 for 3 core PPC 64bit 3.2ghz in a small form factor. > >Worse case if it doesn't work well I'd still have a nice gaming system. :) > >On an off note, it is possible to create a cluster using gaming consoles. I read >last year where a researcher was able to build a linux beowulf cluster using the >original Xbox's. > >-Josh > > > >On November 10, 2005 at 09:02:26, John Dillard wrote: > >>Agree with what Terry says. The 360 is fast with the IBM G5's, nothing AMD or >>Intel has at present can compete. The question is how will the 360 OS tap the >>power that's available.
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