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Mac OS X Running On Xbox

Posted by timothy on from the not-what-the-good-lord-intended dept.

PasteEater writes "The good people over at XBox Scene have the scoop. Mac OS X has been successfully installed on a modified Xbox. What does this mean? Well, it's no Xbox Media Center, but it does prove that nerds are at the forefront once again!"

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  1. come on! by imnuts2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why torture yourself with a MacOSXbox, which actually is PearPC running on linux which is running on Xbox hardware. I am sure the performance of it is abysmal.

    This is sadder than those MacOSXP (people trying to change their windows into a Mac)

    Stop torturing yourself with this. Get a real mac!!

    1. Re:come on! by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Some people just don't get hacking/modding.
      Hint: it's not really meant to be used ;-)

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  2. Emulated? by Wog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Guess what? I can also run PDP-11 software on my XBox! Or any other operating system, for that matter.

    This was done through emulation. The blurb seems to imply that something incredible was accomplished, when all that was done was loading it into an emulator.

    It may be pretty funny to see OSX running off an XBox on a TV, but it's hardly usable as it is. Call me when it runs natively.

  3. Do you smell that? by SengirV · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's the Georgia Tech IT department getting ready to expell a student for having it's systems /.'d You would think that /. would look at the supplied links and do some filtering when it comes to links hosted by a University. But I guess that is asking too much. I hope Ga Tech students enjoy using pencil and paper while their computer systems turn to a pile of molten metal.

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    Prof. Farnsworth - "Oh a lesson in not changing history from Mr I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!"

  4. What it proves by digitalgiblet · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "...it does prove that nerds are at the forefront once again!"

    What it proves is that there are some people with some serious free-time on their hands...

    There seems to be an inordinate focus on hack this, crack that, emulate the other and port an OS to the most outlandishly unlikely hardware possible. (Hey, look! I'm running OS/2 on my toaster!)

    As a stunt this is really amazing.

    As a project resulting in something useful, it is dubious at best.

    I find myself in the same category. I'm just getting into PocketPC programming and my first thoughts are about emulators. Are we so lacking in imagination that we can't come up with any original ideas?

    I guess the truth is that almost all the "low hanging fruit" has been picked, and now we must work much harder to come with an original idea. Shoulders of giants, etc, etc.

    Just so I don't sound like too much of an old curmudgeon, I will say that it looks like these are students, and it is of course a great learning experience.

  5. Re:Debate by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Wonder what M$ thinks is a bigger threat - Linux or OS X on the Xbox..."

    I doubt one is worse than the other in their view. They want people to buy games for the machine, not bend over backwards to make it some sort of PC.

    MS's moves to stop putting Linux on these machines has little to do with trying to supress it, rather they don't want to be footing the losses over it. I mean, let's be serious, if MS was making a profit on the XBOX systems, would they really be threatened by using Linux on it? Hardly. It's too isolated.

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