Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

If Windows Came to PPC, Would You Switch?

Posted by Cliff on from the converse-questions dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "This question was posted on Ask Slashdot about a week ago: 'If Mac OS X Came to x86, Would You Switch?' This makes me ask why not have Windows run on PowerPC? Windows/PPC would not necessarily have to run on Apple hardware, or at least not exclusively on it. I'm sure their friends at IBM and Motorola would be happy to provide chips to anyone that wanted to make computers to run this new OS. Microsoft could dust off the code from NT4/PPC, add some code from Virtual PC to get Windows/x86 compatibility, and have it up and running in about the same amount of time it would take Apple to get Mac OS X running on common Intel hardware." An additional question comes to mind, however: If Microsoft made this move, how would Intel react?

4 of 906 comments (clear)

  1. Can you say dual Opteron love? by igorsway · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes!

  2. Re:Cost? by Klar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you're gunna spend that much cash just for hardware.. why not get an AlienWare gaming desktop. PCI Express, raid, etc.. plus I like the look a lot more than macs. A dual G5 would be nice, but costs way too much money.

    --
    Boxing Equipment Reviews
  3. You didn't forget poland! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.youforgotpoland.com/

  4. Re:Obligatory Quote by EtherAlchemist · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Maybe you missed the post about Cherry OS the other day. It's not a native x86 Mac OS, but an emulator that runs it.

    --
    R(k)