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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. OSX by kc0re · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Now we need all the nerds to get OSX to run on x86 desktops. If we got that to work (APPLE NEEDS TO DO THIS!!), I believe Windows would have a bit more competition. I understand the operating system is coded for their hardware, however, it would be more beneficial to end users if it ran on x86. That's a whole market that apple hasn't explored.

  2. PPC Xbox? by magefile · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I thought that the XBox ran on x86? It is a Microsoft product, and it runs a modified Windows OS, after all. Are they talking about modding an XBox2 they somehow got their hands on, adding a PPC chip to a standard XBox[1], or running OS X in Pear or some other emulator?

    1. Re:PPC Xbox? by Carthag · · Score: -1, Redundant

      According to the article, they use PearPC.

  3. pearpc?!?! by Boeboe · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Erm..they are using pearPC to emulate the powerpc architecture. This software (+source) is available both on linux and windows. In other world, what they did isn't special at all :/ btw: pearPC is SLOOOWWWW

  4. Really by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Linux has been on XBox forever. They just emulated OS/X via PearPC on a ~P3 700 (1400 if one of those CPU modded boxes) with 64 (or maybe 128 if memory modded).

    But anyways, what kind of emulated OS/X performance would you get on say, a P4 2.0ghz box with 512megs of RAM?

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  5. just buy a mac :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That way you get the best of Microsoft and Apple. Plus, your protected by license agreements and the DMCA.

    just buy a mac :-)

  6. It's even worse by ShatteredDream · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If it is true that PearPC's minimum specs are a 2.5Ghz processor and the XBox runs a 733mhz PIII. This XBox hack isn't even running at 1/3 the minimum spec of PearPC doing anything remotely usable.

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  7. Re:Games... by Megane · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And Breakout. And... uhhhhh... Super Breakout...

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