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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?

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  1. Of course not. by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Speaking as an almost exclusive PowerPC user, I can wholeheartedly say that I would never allow a Windows machine inside my network, whether on PowerPC or an Intel compatible machine.
    Although, it probably would not hurt Apple's hardware sales... ;)
    -:sigma.SB

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  2. This question was answered by SocietyoftheFist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    end of reply...

  3. Re:Again, BINARIES? by garbletext · · Score: 0, Redundant

    eh, i didn't really read your post. I failed to realize that you were talking about applications. i retract anything negative. mods, feel free to blast me into oblivion.

  4. Re:Again, BINARIES? by GFLPraxis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Don't worry about it. Happens to the best of us. ;)