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Next G5 Multitasks Operating Systems

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-bit-of-this-a-little-bit-of-that dept.

squiggleslash writes "IBM has big plans for the 970, Apple's so-called "G5". The CPU will support partitioning, similar to IBM's mainframe systems, allowing multiple operating systems to run at the same time on a single CPU. A Mac built around this chip could theoretically run OS X, GNU/Linux, Mac OS 9, and the PowerPC version of Windows NT, all simultaneously and independently."

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  1. Don't forget... by SCO$699FeeTroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...to pay your $699 licensing fee you cock-smoking teabaggers.

  2. Except on an XServe... by NeoBeans · · Score: 0, Troll
    ....I'm not sure this would be a particularly useful feature for the typical Mac user.. OS 9 is drying up... Yellow Dog Linux can actually co-exist at runtime with Mac OS X. With Fink, I can do an apt-get and pull whatever I need, Debian-style. So... I'm not sure running multiple OSes concurrently is all that big of a deal since I've already picked *one*.

    Speeding up the multitasking of apps under that one OS would be a nice artifact, though!

    1. Re:Except on an XServe... by feldsteins · · Score: 0, Troll

      There's no reason to be running OS 9, no reason to be running LInux (on a Mac) and no reason to be running some aged NT version, either. I think the guy above had it right: this is so Apple can have multiple versions of OS X Server running on an X-Serve for redundancy and uptime. There are no other reasons that seem viable to me.

      --
      You like your Macintosh better than me, don't you Dave? Dave? Can you hear me Dave?
  3. One button mouse... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    But parallel operating systems?

    Maybe Mac users should get accustomed to the complexity of a two button mouse first...

  4. Re:Quit with the "GNU/Linux" crap, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Exactly, and any porting work is being done by IBM and not the copyleft fanatics over at the FSF. GNU isn't an "OS" either unless you count Hurd (and nobody does). If anything it should be called IBM 970/Linux.

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

    the dev3loper fucking surprise, this post 0p. which don't use the appeared...saying

  6. Re:Quit with the "GNU/Linux" crap, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bzzzt!!!

    Try again nutcase. The entire world outside of GNU freaks considers Linux an OS.

    Soooo Sollly Kookie Boy!!!!

  7. Re:great by mrchapp · · Score: 0, Troll
    so now I can crash at least five systems at the same time?
    Yes, but only if Windows XP is one of the installed operating systems and you're using either SP1 or SP2 (or maybe none.)
  8. Mac OSX Panther is not the worlds best OS by bytemonger · · Score: -1, Troll
    I've been a linux user for 12 years now since slackware 0.91, and I've finally managed to get everything the way I like on a linux desktop. (server side has been great for years).

    But in June I bought a Powerbook G4 12". it looks great and the hardware is great, but the OS stink! Even windows is better. Linux is now way ahead. latest kde or gnome have all the features I need, maybe not all the fancy bells and whizzles in OsX, but it is configurable and productive.

    I'm not able to work anywhere near the same speed on a powerbook compared to a 2 year old linux laptop.

    wlan, usb, printers, audio, video is now working fine in linux, and then it is no point in buying an apple, unless you like the strange program they enclose (iLife) I hate iTunes (a properitary mp3 player tied to a online service for ripping money out of you.)

    Its better to just use xmms and add all the various decoder plugins.

    Mozilla, Firebird and Thunderbird all have a bug that frequently makes it unable to close or use those requester windows that pops up and tell you you're accessing a https site, what program to use, printout options etc. This happens at least 5 times a day. I even tried to pay for firebird support to get this fixed (support request #98!!) but they were unable to help me said it was a bug, so I just had to wait for next release.

    The X11 term window is not scrollable with the mouse, how do you set the windowbuffer. it is way to small.

    Openoffice must be used through the X11 windowmanager.

    Fonts look terrible (poor antialiasing) in the X11 windowmanager.

    only the protege can access subwindows. the alt+tab feature only access the main windows for each application. this mean that you cant tab directly to a mail you are writing in mozilla.

    The enclosed mail program is crap, deadslow and not option for postfiltering.

    The enclosed PDF viewing-program called preview is fast, but I've never got search working. this work fine in ggv and xpdf in linux.

    I'm seriously considering wiping out the mac OsX and install latest Debian for PPC on it instead.

  9. How is this "Apple" news...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple makes gay cases. The CPUs are made by IBM. It's bad enought that Slashdot is full of Apple propaganda, but now you're attributing to Apple things that are made by other companies?

  10. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really? An Apple G5? Are you sure you don't mean an IMB 970? Is apple actually producing the hardware? Oh, maybe you just like Apple and think they're the bees knees and all that...