Xbox 360 Demo

[urge]

did any one else read this story from Cnet or hear about it? I thought it was kinda funny.

http://news.com.com/2100-1043-5706658.html?tag=tb

[ccanady]

can you or some one post the article, IM at work and can not watch it

[fl00d_pr0z]

Xbox 360 demos running on Macs
Published: May 13, 2005, 2:11 PM PDT
By Richard Shim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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The nifty clips of video games supporting Microsoft's new Xbox 360 console are running on Apple machines, Microsoft confirmed on Friday.

"We purchased a number of Apple G5's because very specific hardware components of the G5 allow developers to emulate some of the technology behind future Xbox products and services," a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement. "This is an interim development tool that will be replaced with a more powerful and comprehensive solution later."

The current systems shown at product introductions are prototypes. Final systems are expected to come out in all three major regions--North America, Europe and Asia--by the end of the year.

The prices for the new consoles have yet to be announced, but executives have said they won't be released until after the E3 game conference in Los Angeles next week.
Console makers play for keeps at E3

Some details have been released on the new console, such as its 20GB hard drive, DVD-ROM drive and 500MHz ATI graphics processor, but others will be announced during the conference. Executives have said that up to 40 titles for the Xbox 360 will be announced by the end of the year.

The new console from Microsoft is based on a similar IBM PowerPC architecture used in Apple computers--the Xbox 360 uses three 3.2GHz symmetrical cores, according to the company. Apple has been using PowerPC chips since 1994 and Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has said the company is happy with IBM's PowerPC family of chips.

Microsoft recently switched processors from an Intel chip used in the first Xbox console to a custom Xbox processor based on Big Blue's Power technology in its new Xbox 360.

[ccanady]

^ thanks for posting that for me.

[fl00d_pr0z]

No Problem

[bluecoyote]

I love it.

[fever]

While the Xbox360 demo at E3 still running on G5s in newer, Xbox360 SDKs have always been G5s, and will probably continue to be G5s for quite awhile, at least until they run out of them and the actual Xbox360 is available, in which case pumped up 360s will become SDK's. Most companies will trade-up, so look for a lot of "superstock" G5's this fall in all the usual "off-leasE" places, possibly with some interesting hardware.

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The (main) reason they're using G5s is because of the compatible processor.

[shawnzor]

xbox540 LOL

[anthony@ddn]

great, now this will pave the way for apple and microsoft to do more work together, and soon bill gates will have his name associated with all pc's and macs in the world with the exception of the few brave souls that run linux.