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Leaked X-Box 2 Specs Include PPC CPU
Jutebox150 writes "According to the MercuryNews.com, the specifications for Microsoft's successor to the Xbox were revealed. The specs for the next Xbox, at least according to this report, are as follows: Three IBM-designed 64-bit microprocessors, the same chips now used in Apple Computer's high-end G5 PowerMac. This will give the new Xbox 'more computing power than most personal computers.' A graphics chip designed by ATI Technologies that will clock in with speeds faster than the upcoming R400. But what I found most surprising is there are no talks about an internal hard drive, rather suggesting that the next Xbox will instead rely on flash memory, and, depending on hardware cost, backwards compatibility could be out of the question."
Does this mean I'll have to buy a new modchip?
Why dosen't Microsoft give it up and admit to all the Xbox players that they're gaming on a PC? Or in the case of the Xbox2, a Mac. :)
Virginia Tech can make the next supercomputer using a cluster of XBox2s. And as soon as they did, employees of Microsoft would finally remove the flesh-like coverings and reveal their true cyborg selfs as they began the final assimilation effort.
we can expect a Windows XP version for PPC?
I am dying to switch from MacOS X to Windows XP, but it is the i386 price barrier I can't overcome.
to save on cost MS may not make the Xbox2 backwards compatible.. They could save a fortune if it didnt play games either!
serenity now!
Correction - it'll be a Mac in a crappy, ugly box.
That was classic intercourse!
Are you saying that 90% of users should use Macs?
I have a website. It's about Macs.
"Exactly. This way, it'll just be a Mac in a fancy box. :)" ...and you'll have games to play too!
"Derp de derp."
Actually, the problem with the XBox is that no one has one. If XBox Next were backwards compatible, how much would that really expand its library? Not much.
No, what they really need to do is make XBox Next backwards compatible with PS2.
Well, first of all, it's heavy.
Yeah, just look at all those people staggering around under the weight of their iPods.