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Xbox2 With Virtual PC For Backwards Compatibility

Posted by Zonk on from the thank-the-maker! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The next Xbox may use Virtual PC for backwards compatibility for original Xbox games. According to reports from Geek.com's Apple insider section the reason for the delay of Virtual PC 7 is because Microsoft has given it exclusively to the Xbox team. The reason hinted at: Xbox will include an IBM PowerPC 970, and current Xbox game developers are shipped G5 PowerMac."

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  1. Backwards compatability with no HD? by DreadPiratePizz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How exactly would the Xbox 2 be able to emulate a game like Halo, which copies map data to the hard disk, when the Xbox 2 will NOT have a hard disk?