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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. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post!

  2. wwwhhhhaat???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yeah right...windows in ppc?? Why on earth would anybody do that????

  3. No by metlin · · Score: -1, Troll

    No. If I wanted a Mac, I'll buy a Mac.

    Apple's business is primarily hardware, why would they want to do something like this?

    Besides, I do not quite like the UI of the MacOS. I think it really sucks.

  4. frist stop! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    for it. I do8't Slashdot 'BSD is polite to bring

  5. Re:Funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And yet AMD/Intel STILL beats the shit out of PPC for 99% of all computer operations.

    Imagine that.

    Who the hell cares how BEAUTIFUL the archetecture is when it doesn't translate into real wold performance?

    Well I guess 3% of the people would :)

  6. Re:This is already an option by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    U R an idiot; System 7 was hands down the best OS of it's day for the common user. Crash? You must be talking about OS2 or Windows 3.1 . . . or that aweful DOS. If it wasn't for S7, you'd be still on the command line, moron. You need to learn your history - and quit spewing inaccuracies. You are Bush wannabe - all wink and talk and no facts.

  7. ITs the other way around idiot by eadint · · Score: 0, Troll

    ppc and p970 are the BMW x86 is the kia.
    look at your proccessor specs you fucking moron. the p970 is far superior to the x86. but an idiot like you wouldnt know a detail like that.